Hezekiah's Tunnel

On February 11th, we took a field trip to, wait for it...The City of David! When David became king of Israel in Hebron, he seized the city of Jebus and renamed it the City of David. It is located just outside of the Old City walls, near the Temple Mount. So we learned that in this city, there was one main water supply, called the Gihon Spring where everyone would come and dip their buckets in and get their water, but it was just outside of the city. During Hezekiah's reign, they built a tunnel underground in case they were under seige so that the city would be able to get water without having to go outside of the city walls. We got to trek through the tunnel to see what it was like!

 Before we got to walk through the tunnel (which was really the only thing I wanted to do here) we had to watch this video about the City of David. But it was cool...because it was in 3D!

 We finally got to jump into the tunnel, with water up to our thighs at some points! It was freezing at first, but eventually wasn't too bad. For the most part, the water was about mid-calf deep, the tunnel was only a few feet wide, and tall enough that I never had to bend over...but I'm not that tall ha.

 The worst part about this whole field trip was that it was the one reason why I brought a headlamp to Jerusalem, and in the 2 seconds that I had to get ready this morning (because they changed the departure times on us), I forgot it! Ahh. I was devastated. But we got by with Hannah and Jenessa's lamps, and half the time we just left our lights off to walk through in the dark. We also belted some Shania Twain "Man I Feel Like a Woman," I feel like that definitely added to the experience. It only took us about 20 minutes to walk through, but it was super fun splashing around in there!

Right after we exited the tunnel and took a mandatory class pic, we stopped at the Pool of Siloam. When Christ healed the blind man by spitting in the mud and putting it on his eyes, he then told the blind man to wash in the Pool of Siloam. After washing, this man was healed. Many ask why Christ didn't just use oils and herbs and His power to heal him, and the reason why is because people could discount the power of God and just say that it was the oil and herbs that healed the blind man. But Christ used spit, mud, and told the man to wash in this water that the sick and leprous would wash in, this showed that it really was the priesthood and the power of Christ that healed the man. It was awesome to be able to be at the place where this miracle occurred, and to be near where Jesus would have walked. Every day I am touched by this spirit of the Holy Land! I love Jerusalem!