north and south...

seth and i traveled north to the city of Haifa

to spend a weekend visiting friends....

singing at the Shabbat service

singing together with the Clearfield family...

more singing and hanging out with friends....

with some cute little guys :)

with katya clearfield...

a cute lizard hanging out in the front  yard...

some of my friends from my hebrew language class
who are originally from Peru...

next to me is tatyana...

with manuel and joanna....

jo arrived in israel!!!

he and i on the beach in Tel Aviv...

jo in tel aviv

jo, seth and i went down south to visit friends in Ashkelon...

singing in the Shabbat service...

it was the congregation's special Harvest service...

thanking God for His many blessings...

friends in Ashkelon on their bike...

(a very popular form of transportation here in Israel)

enjoying a warm fall shabbat afternoon in Ashkelon

a view from a friend's balcony...

behind us you can see the beautiful

Mediterranean Sea...

visiting with friends...

some orthodox jewish girls take a Shabbat walk...

and so do we :)

people fishing along the beach...

the amazing, beautiful Mediterranean....

a ship out at sea...

at sunset...