We had our initial meeting with Dr. Wright and the facilities/kitchen manager, William. Dr. Wright & his wife, Diane, are from the US and have been directing JUC since 1997. William is from Nazareth, and we can tell you from what little we know of him thus far . . . something good indeed can come from Nazareth (that makes at least two!). I believe our working relationship will go very well.
We have been informed that we will have someone in the kitchen to wash dishes after both breakfast & lunch. We do not have kitchen duties on Sunday. One of the female students does the meals on that one day. We will "shadow" her tomorrow, helping where we can, and learn the ropes. Someone else prepares the field trip sack lunches. This is great news for us! Also, there are quite a few days when no breakfast and/or lunch are needed. Each month will change according to field studies (which we get to go on after this January surge of short term students).
After the meeting, Nat & I went out to buy our pound of coffee in the Old City. We wound our way down the Via Dolorosa to the coffee vendor. Beans ground to order . . . "dark roast, medium grind, please." It sures smells good! We will see how it tastes tomorrow morning! We then made our way back to the center of the city to eat dinner at Pappa Andreas' rooftop restaurant just beside the Church of the Redeemer. It was a beautiful view of the Mount of Olives and eastern Israel/western Jordan in the background. The Dome of the Rock was between us and the Mount, but it could not compare with the beauty of that place of Jesus' ascension! And to know that He will set foot down where that dome sits, when He triumphantly returns . . . Mesmerizing to watch the sunset and the lights of the city come on.
We then returned to our little nest (I counted 67 steps all total from the entrance) and planned menus for this first upcoming week. It's gonna be crunch time with the big numbers, so we figure that by week #2 we'll be old pros!
ps The "two moons" seeming to appear in some of the pics above were merely specks of dust NOW removed from our camera lense.
4 comments:
We are very excited for you guy's and are glad to finally be able to catch up on a regular basis :) Make sure Nat does some posts so he doesn't rest on your laurels!
Kevin
Thank you Shirley for sharing with us and letting us feel like we are a part of this wonderful adventure. It truly makes me want to be there. I have always wanted to be where Jesus walked. I suppose we can live vicariously through your daily postings. One of my favorite scriptures is IICorinthians 2:14, so remember that He ALWAYS causes you to triumph. I know you will both do well. Our love and prayers are with you. Mendy
Looking forward to following you in your adventures.
Love how you have been given you this opportunity and God has all the details covered...down to a missing retainer!
Love and hugs from Bontoc
First the Lord provides you with first class seating for your journey. Then He 'brought forth' your retainer. Now "We have been informed that we will have someone in the kitchen to wash dishes after both breakfast & lunch" and you learn that someone else prepares the field trip sack lunches. Plus you discover that there are days when you need not prepare any meals at all. God is not only supplying your needs He is gifting you with wonderful surprises!
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