Sabbath

Today was my first Sabbath in the holy land. Yes, we have Church on Saturday. We also have an amazing view of the city during Sacrament Meeting. It's pretty amazing when the speaker mentions Jerusalem and your looking out the window at the city. Another thing I thought was pretty cool was we had pita bread for our sacrament bread.
So after church I went with a couple of people to the Garden Tomb. I had already been to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and it was amazing the contrast. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre is very touristy and loud, while the Garden Tomb was a lot more reverant and peaceful. The Spirit was very strong at the Garden Tomb as well.
So yesterday I wandered out into the Old City without the whole group for the first time. Me and two other people went and looked at many of the shops in the Old City. We were only able to go for about two hours, but it was still incredible. I can't believe how comfortable I already feel around the city. Yesterday we had a lot of people stop us and ask us "you BYU?" or "you the Mormons?" Literally everyone knows who we are. And I haven't met anyone that doesn't love us yet. That's probably one of my favorite things.
So the drivers here in the Holy Land are CRAZY!! Probably the only thing that scares me is crossing the street... :) Yesterday while we were walking a car came zooming by, and then we heard a loud collision. He hit a cat. The best part though was the older Palestinian man passing us said "crazy driver" in English with his accent.