Monday night, Oren’s cousin took us in to see the Old City in Jerusalem at night. It was a special thing they had done with lighting up the Old City. Since it was something new, it seemed like everyone in Israel was trying to see it. The traffic was horrendous and the narrow streets of the city were more than crowded. It wasn’t so much a religious experience as a kind of party atmosphere. I did take a picture of the Lutheran Church in the Old City and will try to attach it to this post. Apparently Lutherans have been in Jerusalem for a long time. There’s also a Lutheran Church in Bethlehem. These are Arab Christians. We had supper in Abu Gosh which is an Arab Christian village outside of Jerusalem. This was our first lamb meal while here.
