More pictures tonight, I promise!

So, I'm working on the next batch of pictures right now, because I know for a fact that I wont want to catch up on all this when I get home from Egypt. I'll want to catch up on Egypt!
Last night I went to the Western Wall of the temple in Jerusalem to welcome Shabbat. Wow. There were so many people there! And they were all so excited about it. How could they not be? It really was a beautiful site. I went right up to the wall. After that, a bunch of groups started singing hymns in Hebrew, and I wished I had a songbook to follow along. I caught maybe a third of the words with my awesome Hebrew skills. All of the girls from the Jerusalem Center joined in the dancing and singing as much as we could. It was a blast! I want to go back.
Tomorrow morning, bright and early I leave for Egypt! I think breakfast is at 5am. I'm working on packing, and I probably should write my paper on Islam festivals before I leave. I finished my entire fieldtrip manual this afternoon, while I was waiting for it to be late enough in the morning to call mom :) I've been waiting all week, because I knew I wouldnt be able to call on Mother's Day. Today was funny, because it's saturday, but it's the sabbath, but tomorrow is Mother's Day, but only in America. We ended up hearing about mothers in sacrament meeting though, so I guess it's still mother's day? Either way, I was excited about it. So, Happy Mother's Day! You'll hear from me again when I get back from Egypt!