by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 2, 2020 | Easter, Israel
One year I had the amazing privilege of being in Israel on Palm Sunday. Wow. The street was packed with people and lined with more watching. There was dancing, singing, tambourines, palm branches waving, shouts of joy and laughter. It was crazy, and it was fun. The...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Apr 8, 2008 | Israel
Some more pics from Israel. These were taken down in the Southern portion of the country. This was given the name Wilderness of Sin/Zin depending on pronunciation. Now, this is more than likely not THE Wilderness of Zin/sin mentioned in Numbers 20 but this is an...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 30, 2007 | Israel
I thought you might enjoy pictures of Jerusalem. The first three were taken on my daily walk to school. I didn’t take too many of the inner city stuff. The last two pictures are of “our” main street where our apartment is. The very last picture shows...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 27, 2007 | Israel
Ok, so I can’t say for sure because, Lord-willing, tomorrow Dr. Wright will let me know if I passed the final test. But, I feel really really good about it. I had to pick 4 out of 5 questions to answer. It took me about 4 hours so that wasn’t too bad. My...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 26, 2007 | Israel
It’s called a Chocolate Banana Baum and yes, it is delicious! In case you can’t tell it’s a waffle with chocolate sauce and bananas on top. There’s vanilla ice cream and whip cream on the side. Saturday night Bryan gave me a study break and...
by Erika VanHaitsma | Nov 23, 2007 | Israel
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. Bryan and I did. The school put together an authentic American Thanksgiving. The students and cooks did a great job. The food was delicious, the company was a lot of fun, and the desserts were plentiful. I didn’t get much...