The second semester is now upon us, we started it all of with a revisit to Biblical Tamar to help the site volunteers, Derek and Kate. We were preparing for 50 guests from the states who were coming to stay in exchange for some excellent cooking! We hade a blessed time of fellowship with them and we were lucky enough to meet a Holocaust survivor who was also staying with them during our stay, which as you can imagine made some very interesting conversation. Additionally we have also Just returned from volunteering at the mid-year messianic student conference where we helped in the kitchen, cooking for around 120 young Israelis who met together for fellowship. It was a wonderful event to be a part of, situated just outside of Tel Aviv. The event was blessed with some wonderful weather and we were able to connect with many believers and encourage one another especially those away from family. The first week of college has begun and the heavens have also opened over Jerusalem. Which is such a blessing despite the cold and wet! There were reports that at the Jerusalem market, it erupted in cheers as the rain began to fall! Jerusalem surprisingly receives the same level as annual rain fall as London, it just tends to come all at once as it seems to be doing at them moment! But the rest of the country isn’t as fortunate as the dead sea resides around one meter every year and the Galilee also, despite recently rising a meter, is many more meters below a good level. So t

My name is Jonny, i am attending Israel College of the Bibles Year in Jerusalem program I came to the land back in September 2009.

The course covers a wide range of subjects and presents me with an amazing opportunity to study in Israel for a year.

The programme's purpose is to enhance study of the Scriptures and knowledge of the Jewish roots of the Christian faith.

Recently, Israel has received a great deal of rain which is very important and a huge blessing during this season. The Negev recently had the majority of its annual rainfall in one night, which was unlike anything it has seen for hundreds of years! It was enough to wash away at least two main bridges along the Egyptian boarder, one of which was British built during the time of occupation. We have just returned from our archaeology tour, an intensive course that falls in between the two semesters. It consisted of both excavations and surveys in rather remote locations. The timing of which was fantastic, to see the desert come to life with grasses and small flowers and streams running through the baron ground was wonderful.

We were blessed to stay for some of our tour with a guy named Abishai, a Yemenite Messianic Jew who along with his family run a small hostel. His testimony was astounding and was such a blessing to hear. He spoke of how when he came to the Lord very much like Noah, he was told to build his small hostel in preparation for many orphans. So from the