This has been an great
week. It was midterm week for the students, so they were naturally a little
stressed with 3 exams, including mine, on Friday. I’m half way through grading
them. There are some really sharp students in my class! The question that I
enjoy reading most is the “What is the most important principle that you have
learned from your study of the Old Testament this semester. Give an example
from the text.” I love reading their answers because it gives me a window into
the discussions that have been meaningful to them. There’s quite a range but
some of the recurring ones are: the importance of making and keeping covenants;
God as the divine warrior; the importance of the temple in the ancient world;
and the importance of obedience with precision. Exams are good because they
force me to get caught up in class!!!
I forgot to
post this photo from Turkey. We are at Anzac Cove and Rachel and Rebekka are
eating Anzac biscuits that Tina made for all of the students! She is WONDERFUL
to do so and the students love them!
Tina and I
went out on a field trip to the excavations for Herod’s palace and we realized
that we had independently chosen to wear the same colors. See what happens when
you live so closely with people. You start to think like them, even down to what
you choose to wear! Tina has been a great friend and it has been wonderful to
work and play with her!
Our field
trip this week took us down to Jericho. We were lucky that we went there first
thing in the morning because by the time that the other bus got there it was
108 degrees!!!!!! On the way back we stopped at the Wadi Qelt lookout. This
wadi was the ancient road from Jerusalem to Jericho so it is a great place to
stop and talk about the story of the Good Samaritan. It is also in the Judean
Wilderness so it is a great place to also talk about the Temptations. This
picture is of Jeff Chadwick teaching. He loves to have the students pick up a
stone that looks like a piece of pita and talk about turning stones into bread.
This is my surprise
for the week. Our doctor went home about a month ago and we have been waiting
for his replacement. I knew that the new doctor was an orthopod and that his
name was Dr. Heiner. I didn’t think anything about it. This week I learned that
he was from Price Utah. That started me thinking. When I had my accident at
Lake Powell and tore my foot off I was life flighted to Price hospital. I
couldn’t remember the name of the surgeon who put me back together but I
wondered if it was even possible if it was the same doctor. I had really liked
the surgeon. He was very kind to me. I had no idea how many orthopods were in
Price. I knew that this Dr. Heiner and his wife had just returned from a
mission to Hong Kong. Anyway, I went out to dinner with the Andersons on Friday
night and when we got home the Heiners were here so I went to introduce myself.
I didn’t even get me name out and he said, “I know who you are. You’re Gaye
Strathearn!” I replied, “Are you the Doctor who reattached my foot?” I couldn’t
believe that he would remember me. I think that I only saw him twice. I think
that he had seen me on tv and so remembered who I was. So, anyway, the doctor
who reattached my foot is now serving with me in Jerusalem!!!!!! How random is
that??????? So I had to get a photo of us after Church today. I figured that my
Mum would get a kick out of it :o)
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