December

I was looking at Messianic Jewish Communications calendar to catch up on all the Jewish holidays that happen during the year when I was struck by this thought:

At this time last year, I was studying for finals before coming home from
Israel!

That was a long time ago, and yet I can almost taste the warm pita in the dining hall at Yad haShmona; I can hear Scott Johnson yelling, "Ugiyot, ugiyot!"; I can picture the streets of Jerusalem like I was there haggling with shopkeepers just yesterday.

And that is why it is so hard for me to think of a new title for this blog. Reminders of Israel (and Prague and Berlin) are all over my room. Of my "Amy Pictures" on my bookself above my desk, three are in Israel and one is in Prague. I have an Israeli flag on the wall, a panoramic poster of Jerusalem, a postcard of Charles Bridge in Prague, a timeline of the Israelite Monarchies that Todd Bolen (a prof at IBEX) gave me), and a school binder with Prague and Berlin stickers on it.

This truly is my Life After Israel. But . . . I still want to change the name of my blog! Something new and fresh, but not utterly ridiculous (*cough cough* Mike *cough cough*). Still, nothing comes to mind except ridiculous titles like . . . well, never mind. I won't share them with you.

OK, time to study and hopefully I can finish The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe today. I'm reading it in preparation for the anticipated movie of the same name that's coming to theaters this Friday!

God Bless!