Shopping for An Iron

Today is Thursday, the 2nd, cold but not raining. We have been drying cloths on an old fashioned clothes rack for 4 days...dryer does not work. Today, most of them are dry and need ironing. I packed a little of everything but an iron. The best deal is in the Old City. Since Robbie needs to exchange some money, we head to Shabon's Money Exchange which is in the Arab section of the Old City. You can see what it is like in the video I've posted. I have a small pocket "Vado" that Whitney gave me. The quality is pretty good but does not focus as quickly as I was walking--sorry.

After the iron purchase, break to eat some sweets, and being cornered by an overly anxious salesman who had a tight grip on my arm (ladies, I thought I was going to have to put my defense training into practice), we visited a Greek Orthodox church. Inside was Helen's Cistern. Helen was Constantine's mother who had a passion for restoring many Christian sights and built churches over them. She discovered a cistern and used the water to build the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The picture is of the priests of the "Cistern" church.

We would like for you to pray for our trip to Majda Shams close to the Syrian border. We will be teaching English in a Druze village for the next 4 Saturdays. It is a great opportunity to be a witness for Christ. While we cannot "preach", we can take the love of God.

We send our love and peace from Jerusalem...