shavua tov

it was so confusing, but great though, yesterday cause a bunch of finnish friends came to jerusalem.
they have been here for a week, first visiting mount carmel and now couple of days in jerusalem.
its so fun and encouraging to have hanna and mia staying with us.

this morning we woke up early to walk to the dome of the rock.
we could actually get in to the dome, nor to the al-aqsa, but did have some time
in the mosque area. we met an old muslim lady, who asked for money.
so we gave her some and sang a finnish song to her. she kept on hugging us.

then we left for jericho with tytti and paul. we went to see basma, took some toys for her children and food for her and her friends. it was quite rough, but also very blessed.
basmas situation is not one of the easiest, and its so hard to imagine that she is only two years older than me.
jericho is by the way the oldest city in the world. and also the lowest one. its on the palestinian side. we had to go through the check point again.
the soldiers are always nice to us. western girls with western looks and western passports.
its striking to realize over and over again, that its not about politics, not about the media, not about religion, its about people.