4-17-10 Dear Journal We added a new verse of lyrics to the song “I’m trying to be like Jesus” and as we sang the spirit was almost tangible. I came to learn of Jesus, to walk the same path he walked. To study the words he gave us, in places that they were taught....
Oranges. That’s one of my favorite memories from Egypt. Our tour guides and hotel agents offered them as complimentary gifts all the time. There was one night in Cairo when I felt slightly queasy after dinner. I think I was exhausted from all the traveling, late nights, and intense field trips (not to mention, we...
Journal entry, Feb 28th 2011: Yad Vashem! This was truly a hard field trip day…for the past two months we have been taking an Israeli class on Judaism up to modern Israel. One of the last field trips for this class was to visit Yad Vashem, or the Holocaust Museum. Outside of the cement museum...
I first heard of the opportunity to study abroad at the BYU Jerusalem Center when I was a Junior in High School. My Aunt and Uncle had lived there while my Uncle worked as an Institute Teacher. I sat spellbound as she described the experience to me and I knew after that first conversation that...
I remember Brother Chadwick telling us time and time again that studying the Bible is much like studying your own family history, that those that don’t enjoy studying the Bible are doing themselves a disservice because this is truly part of their own family history, no matter where your family comes from. What he said...
I had the privilege of attending the Jerusalem Center during the winter semester of 2011. During our trip to Egypt, we experienced the protection and miraculous tender mercies of the Lord. For the most part, our week in Egypt went very smoothly and according to plan- seeing the pyramids, the Karnak temple, Valley of the...
