Wow, so another year has passed and now I'm 20, hard to believe. I can honestly say that it feels great to no longer be a teen ager(and no longer be subject to all the teen stereotypes). It was a very good day. I started with only one class, which was a test, and had the afternoon off. I spent the greater part of my afternoon in the old city touring around, which was alot of fun. Around 2:15 I had to leave to go coach soccer. Jordan and I, Jordan being a classmate I am coaching with, left and hopped on the bus taking us to Beit Jala (a city outside the city). Not knowing that Beit Jala was in the West Bank I left my passport on campus so we had to get off the bus, walk back, get the passport, and hop on another bus. We figuered we would be incredibly late, but we would do our best to arrive as soon as possible at the Jerusalem school where we would be coaching. When we arrived, however, we realized Beit Jala is an hour behind Jerusalem, so we ended up arriving early for the practice, so I guess everything worked out to plan.
After practice some friends and I headed for Zollies, which is a pub in New Jerusalem and we enjoyed an evening out for the birthday. It turned out to be one of the funnest birthdays I have ever had. I had a great group of guys with me, and we had a ton of fun spending the night together.
We also encountered our first conflict here in Jerusalem. Know that everything is now fine and under control but it was scary for a while. I was in the student lounge when I heard 3 distinct screams coming from a women's voice. A women had been assulted near the JUC gates. Before anything too terrible could happen the man assulting her was scared off. Later that day, and night the man was seen hanging out around JUC, and we were thrilled to learn that the local Police have caught him, and he is off the streets, thank God.
Anyways, it's been an eventful couple off days, and there is much more adventure awaiting.