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The baby Jesus was born in a.... cave. And he was laid in a stone water trough. All of my childhood memories are now crushed. I guess we'll be making some adjustments to our annual nativity reenactment that we do every Christmas Eve. I learned a lot of new things about the birth of Christ while I was in Bethlehem. It was a neat experience to be able to walk to streets of Bethlehem, and go to Manger Square and the Church of the Nativity. The grotto, where Jesus was born, is located underneath the church. It was an amazing experience to touch the ceiling of the cave and think about what happened there and the people who were once there.

We went to Bethlehem this week with our Islam teacher, who also teaches at Bethlehem University. We got to mingle and talk with some of the students at Bethlehem U for a while. Bethlehem is in the West Bank, so we won't be able to go there again, but it was fun to be able to go and experience the local Palestinian college atmosphere!

Lemonade with mint. We like to call it a delicacy of Jerusalem