Herodian Palace and Shepherd's Field

This morning we had New Testament followed by our Jordan field trip prep. After that we had lunch and then an afternoon field trip!

Today's field trip was (as you can tell from the blog title) the Herodian Palace and Shepherd's Field. We first went to Herodian Palace which was one of Herod's palace. It is shaped like a volcano and all semester I have seen it far off in the distance and was interested in going there. Today was that magical day.

It was hot and dusty and we had to walk up hill a lot. But it was still fun. We saw some cool cisterns (like every ancient city or fortress)



After the Herodian Palace we made our way to Shepherd's Field, the traditional site where the angels announced Christ's birth to the shepherds. But first we pulled off the side of the road and picked seeds from a mustard plant. Poor tree/bush. We totally mauled it over.


At the Shepherd's Field we had a Christmas program which was very well done. We had fifteen minutes of quiet time and then we came home.



It was nice to take a step back and remember the Savior's birth at this time. I know we usually celebrate it in December the since Christ was born in the spring it felt appropriate to celebrate it tonight. I'm grateful for the condescension of God and for the love he has for me.