A Day in 'The Holy City'

I made it safe and sound! Everything went smoothly with the plane, and I even was seated next to a girl also going to JUC! Another student who was on the plane knew the way to get to the college, and it was a simple process. When they lead me to my room, I could hardly believe how awesome it was. It is on the fourth and top floor, and you need to exit the main building and cross the rooftop to get to it, which means the view out our front door is of the new city of Jerusalem, facing west for lovely sunsets! I have two roommates, both very nice.
After settling in yesterday, I went for a walk in the old city with a couple other girls, and at 6:00 we had Shabbat dinner as a group back on campus. Shabbat dinner is every Friday, and is the only tie we all eat at a set time. There are candles, tablecloths, and Halah bread, and we also read some liturgy. After dinner, they wanted to keep us up a bit longer, so we sang some songs and then played a game. Then bedtime! I slept very well! Today we have registration and other orientation stuff, including a tour of the campus. It is a very neat building, but also a bit confusing at first, with lots of stairs and doors.
During our registration meeting earlier today, Dr. Wright said we should not be here to make the Bible come alive, because the Word of God already is. Rather, we should be learning to make ourselves come more alive to the gospel. I hope that will be the case, it will take a bit to learn how to balance schoolwork with free time, and field trips with staying here and becoming settled in the area, but I think no matter what it will be a very formative stay.

View outside my room door

Looking into my bedroom from roof.