you speak spanish but not english?!

yes. the title of this post will soon make sense. but first a quick recap.

plane from Norfolk to Newark to Tel Aviv on Friday 26--CXLED
rerouted
plane from Norfolk to Philly to Tel Aviv on Friday 26--CXLED
rerouted AGAIN
plane from Norfolk to Philly to Tel Aviv on Saturday 27th - GAME ON!! :)

So as you can see from the crazy snow storm that hit the Northeast many of our flights were cxled, half cxled, or rerouted...

Actually the airport called me on Friday (which was nice) as i was on the way to the airport to tell me it was cxled and that I would leave the next day. I was ok. That meant that i would miss one day of the tour but was cool. it actually gave me amazing time to read for a class and post (YES, i know.. i did homework! lol) AND i also had an amazing girly night. Four of us ladies got together, did facials, whipped out our nail polish, sipped on tea, divulged in chocolate covered strawberries, and watched "How to Make An American Quilt" (a must see).. we had an incredible deep discussion afterwards and really shared our hearts.. twas lovely, invigorating, and so heart satisfying. with my crazy schedule between classes, internship, homework, student government, and being an RA it is rare that I get to hang out with ppl outside of those parameters.. so i cherished every bit of it:) we all left around 2:30am :)

then off to bed I went and was ready for the next day. I prayed that I would be able to get to Jerusalem with much ease and so thus it happened.
flights were great.. no conflicts.. no delays.. no turbulence.. everything went smoothly..

well until the taxi.

since I got there after everyone taxi was the best way and fastest way to travel..
so onto a taxi I go and after he was told the name of the hotel he said ok and started putting the bags in the trunk. as he was trying I realized he didn't have any idea where the hotel was other than in Jerusalem! lol. uh oh. well i wrote it down for him because it didn't seem he was understanding me in english. he spent the next 20 mins or so calling everyone on his cell phone telling (from what I could make out) that his gps couldn't find mahlon gloria (gloria hotel).. great! he even asked ppl on the street and no one knew.. booo! so this called for prayer! and finally the man ran into another taxi driver and found out that it was at Jaffa Gate. (yes! Jesus answers prayer!). somehow spanish was spoken and then he asked in spnaish "hablas espanol?" and he said he did!!! craziness! i could have talked to him the whole time in spanish! i found it hilarious that i get in a taxi with an Israelite who doesn't speak English but speaks Spanish! welcome to Israel, Cindy. It was cute.

so we finally found it.. came in and showered and now will have dinner with the team! yes!! yaaaaaaaay! can't wait!
~Cindy