A Blessing of Rain

It rained today. Evidently, it was the first rain they've received since May. Afterwards, the hills were full of a dense, clinging fog. It was pretty neat.

Here are a few pictures from our trip the other day...

A coonskin moment while atop the Mount of Olives facing the Old City.

An Arab man giving donkey rides.

Drew and Eric sitting in Gethsemane.

A coonskin moment in front of a tourist group at the church of Gethsemane. They loved us.

The Orthodox Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, standing over the site of the birth of Christ. It was probably the most beautiful church I've seen yet, but I didn't like it. There was too much mysticism and iconography around.

The ruins of the Herodium, Herod the Great's personal fortress built on top of a steep hill south of Jerusalem near the wilderness.

A coonskin moment among the ruins of the Herodium.