Randy's Post

Hey guys. Sorry it has taken so long to get something up on the blog. I think we've finally recovered from jet lag and now have a routine to settle into.

Let me just say that El Al security makes the TSA look like a bunch of little girls. I had the enjoyable experience of being interrogated in a separate room and being felt up by a Jew wearing rubber gloves. After that, I was personally escorted to the door of the plane by a security officer only to find that my designated seat was in the very back of the fuselage in the very middle, farthest away from the windows.

Then, God decided to play a practical joke that he must have thought was very funny. Combining three groups of people that ought never to be combined, He scattered a group of Mexican Jewish High School students all over the back of the plane. They all wore green tee-shirts, spoke in either the most annoying form of twangy Spanish or the harsh consonants (achh) of Hebrew (depending upon which romantic or Semitic language could best provide the appropriate curse word), and meandered around the isles of the plane throughout the night visiting and conversing with their delinquent counterparts. By the end of the flight, the color green came to symbolize everything hateful and despicable about the human race.

All of that angst, however, dissipated upon entering Jerusalem. This city is amazing. The Hebrew University campus where we are staying is located on Mount Scopus, the highest point in Jerusalem. We have a great view of the entire city. I'll post more about it once we get the time to see a little more.

Keep praying that the Israelis don't assassinate the Palestinian prime minister. While it would be interesting, I'd like to be able to keep running around Jerusalem w/o bombs going off.

Take care,

Randy