meeting more friends...

i was able to meet up and spend some time with susanna nadtochayev

i had first met susanna about 4 years ago when my family

visited her chuch where she lived in washington, usa.

she and her family have now moved to israel...

susanna was convinced that i had found the right guy!  :)

camels near mamilla mall (jerusalem)

in the arab market in the old city (jerusalem)

also while in jerusalem, i was able to meet nataliya lobko,

a friend that hannah and seth had made when they

were visiting israel in 2007.

here i am with nataliya and joseph.

seth worked with joseph when he was in israel vollunteering with bridges for peace.

both nataliya and joseph work with bridges for peace,

which is an organization that supplies necessary food and other items

free of charge to new israeli immigrants.

i was able to work for a day at bridges for peace.

we spent most of it weighing and bagging boxes and boxes worth of apples.

i enjoyed meeting lyndsay, a vollunteer with bridges for peace.