Selected Spring Semesters Westmont in the Middle East
耶稣在这里游荡. 你也应该这么做.
Make the Middle East 首页 for the semester. W和er the labyrinth of the Old City. Banter in markets where shopkeepers know your name. Prep for class in your favorite café. Learn the rhythms of the Holy City, where 犹太人 welcome Sabbath at the Western Wall, where 穆斯林 stream to the Al Aqsa mosque for prayers, where 基督徒 reenact Jesus’ journey to the cross. Three peoples jostle for space in the streets of the Middle East. 你也会吗.
You will learn to inhabit three worlds: some days you will explore the ancient world of Jesus 和 find new meaning in his old stories; other days you will inhabit the modern world of the Middle East where two peoples struggle for the same l和, 和 where fear fuels conflict, 和 where conflict provokes fear. You will drink tea with refugees from the Middle East; you will mourn the Holocaust 和 celebrate Passover with 犹太人.
Journey throughout the Middle East, the West Bank, Jordan 和 Lebanon. 住在寄宿家庭 in 伯利恒 where Jesus was born. Hike the Galilee where Jesus healed the sick 和 welcomed outcasts. 漂浮在死海上, raft on the Jordan River 和 snorkel among ruins in Herod the Great’s Mediterranean harbor. Climb mountains to watch the sunrise, ride camels across the desert in Jordan, hear stories from Syrian refugees, 和 explore limestone caves in Lebanon. All while practicing colloquial Arabic.
As you travel the Holy L和, learn to underst和 the pain of two traumatized peoples. 听听专家的意见. 与当地导游一起徒步旅行. Study the documents that shaped history, 和 feel the weight of big ideas. 找到你的声音.
Westmont in the Middle East is both disciple’s journey 和 student’s quest. It is challenge 和 reward. It is adventure 和 exhaustion. Don’t take the Holy L和 speed tour. 待一会儿.
耶稣在这里逗留. 也许你也应该这么做?
我们如何滚动
Westmont in the Middle East believes in cultural immersion. That means we like to live simply, 轻装旅行, 和 stay with local families or in family-owned hotels, 旅馆, 朝圣者的房子, 农业ag娱乐官网, 还有贝都因人营地. We practice the local dialect, 了解当地风俗, 和 use public transport rather than tour buses whenever possible. If you are hoping for upscale hotels 和 hop-on-hop-off tours, 维琪 可能不适合你. 但 . . if you are passionate to learn, 渴望冒险, 和 ready to leave your comfort zone, if you want to explore the roots of your faith on location if you want to follow in Jesus' footsteps but don't want to neglect people in the L和 today, 如果你是 好奇,吃苦耐劳, 和 灵活的.
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住在寄宿家庭, 学习阿拉伯语, 建立友谊, 参观难民营, 进行实地考察, climb the fortress tomb of Herod the Great, 志愿者, worship with local 基督徒, pray in the Church of the Nativity.
Make 耶路撒冷 your 首页, both the Old 耶路撒冷 和 the new. Tour the Holocaust museum, Mount Herzl 和 the Knesset. 漫步奥斯曼帝国的城墙. Ascend to the Temple Mount. 在西墙祷告. Study Arabic 和 the Israel-Palestine conflict. Begin studying Islam 和 Judaism.
Continue studying Islam, the Conflict, 和 the world of Jesus. 你要喝雅各井里的水. 访问 the Samaritans on Mount Gerizim. Move between Palestinian towns 和 Jewish settlements.
Hike the “Jesus Trail” 和 explore Jesus’ 首页 turf. 在加利利海航行. 在约旦河漂流. Hike Roman ruins in the Golan Heights, in the foothills of Mount Hermon. Explore the coastal cities of medieval Akko, modern Haifa, Tel Aviv 和 Old City Jaffa. Swim in the Mediterranean.
Return to 耶路撒冷, your 首页 base, to continue studying Judaism 和 Jesus. 游死海, scale the fortress of Masada to watch the sun rise, explore the ruins of Qumran, 看死海古卷. Celebrate the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, 和 Jewish feasts of Purim 和 Passover. Ascend the Mount of Olives to celebrate Palm Sunday. Celebrate the resurrection on Easter morning in 耶路撒冷.
Traverse the Negev (Israel’s desert), walk the rim of the Ramon Crater. Depart Israel from Eilat, its southern tip. 进入约旦的亚喀巴. 在红海浮潜. Live with bedouin in magical Wadi Rum. 徒步进入佩特拉. Fly back from Amman to Vienna.
Ten days in Lebanon 和 Jordan, countries rich in beauty 和 history, 和 central in importance for underst和ing regional conflicts. 访问贝鲁特, 的黎波里, 贝卡谷地, 提尔的什叶派清真寺, 西顿的一座逊尼派清真寺, 和东正教. In Jordan stay in old Amman, hike Roman decapois cities, 和 discover John the Baptist's baptism site on the Jordan river.
成本
Westmont semester tuition, room, board, plus round trip airfare.
Students are allowed to apply their financial aid awards from the college—both need-based 和 merit-based awards—toward the program’s cost.
资格
教师 leaders take into consideration all of the following:
- 类站
- GPA(最低2分).3 GPA for eligibility) 和 no student life sanctions
- 申请论文
- 教师 和 personal recommendations