Sunday, April 5, 2009

Jerusalem!


For those of you that haven't heard, I plan on going to the BYU Jerusalem Center this upcoming fall. I have started the application process and just need to write a few short essays. Here is a quick description of the Jerusalem Center for those that aren't familiar with BYU:

The Center itself is a beautiful building on Mount Scopus overlooking the Mount of Olives, the Kidron Valley, and the Old City. The 125,000 square-foot, eight-level structure is set amid five acres of beautifully landscaped gardens. Students study a core curriculum that focuses on Old and New Testament, ancient and modern Near Eastern studies, and language (Hebrew and Arabic). Classroom study is built around field trips that cover the length and breadth of the Holy Land.

I am very excited. As part of the application process I needed to have a few ecclesiastical interviews. I met with the 2nd Counselor in the Stake Presidency. He has newly been called and I discovered he was one of the main directors at the Jerusalem Center for the past two years--Richard Huntington. So he told me all about it during the interview. I will keep you all updated when I hear back from them.

8 comments:

tom said...

Jordan, you are going to have a great time at the BYU Jerusalem Center. Good luck with your application process.

Tom from byujc.org

Kyla Lewis said...

Good luck Jordan! I hope you get to go!

Nathan S. said...

Best of Luck!

Stefanie Elyse said...

I hope you get in! The JC is absolutely the BEST! And tell Brother Huntington we really miss him here.

Michael Barney said...

Best of luck getting in Jordan!!!

Bryan Tanner said...

Congrats JDawg. I hope we win.

Dave and Angela said...

Ok, so I just went to Jerusalem last fall and Huntington was there and it was so amazing!!! I hope you get to go and I know that you will absolutely love it so much!! I'm so jealous. I want to go back so much :)

Suzy said...

JERUSALEM IS AWESOME YOU WILL LOVE IT JORDAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HUZZAH!!!!!!! and you'll have your OWN pictures of the Center - no need to use one from the website or the Internet. Ha! I'm so pumped for you! And I know Bro Huntington also!