Only in Jerusalem...

• Do i never get ready, and feel like a sweaty boy most days
• did i come to understand and appreciate the value of a shower
• do i crave pedicures
• am i grateful that i have legs and am able to walk much longer distances than I ever thought i was capable of
• are you NEVER by yourself
• do i laugh so hard I cry, daily.
• does my Arabic teacher think i got in some terrible accident because he mistakes my flower headband as a head gauze bandage.
• do i wear the same outfit 2x a week.
• do practically all 80 students know my life story, and i know theirs.
• do i get to hang out with an apostle and also a member of the 70 for 2 days.
• am i up before sunrise
• do i get to workout, eat, live, attend church, have FHE, chat, learn, and become best friends with all my teachers and their wives.
• can i become best friends with 10 girls in 3 weeks
• do i actually use my email
• am i spiritually stuffed by the time i go to bed each night.
• do i make my own olive oil
• do I get to hear, to my dismay, my Old Testiment teacher loudly fluff (i am a lady, we don't say the other word) while working out. Needless to say, i dropped my hold in push-up position.
• do young Arabic boys ask for my phone number.
• do i not look people in the eyes as i pass them by on the streets. (its their culture- you just don't)
• does a hug have the same affect as a cup of hot cocoa on a cold day. (ok people, its not like you are getting your mothers warming hugs ever- physical contact is at an all time low)
• have i had to stand up for and defend the United States, and my culture.
• has Stephen R. Covey become one of my hero's
• have i come to aprreciate, and know its worth the money for a GOOD washing machine!
• do i dine with stray cats every night- and have named them all.
• have i seen an old man's bare bottom.
• do i eat fish everyday
• do i teach aerobic classes.
• have i become a bible scholar
• has my life been changed forever!