Pope in Jerusalem

The Pope is staying next door to us, so there is security like crazy all around here (our security here at the center has been preping us for this since there are 5 times as many guards around with big guns now). A few of us had lunch with one of his security personnel today, pretty cool. There were blockades all around the city and we have a security blimp hovering over this area as well as one where ever he is at and of course a helicopter. He was at the Dome of the Rock, the Wall, and mass today. He'll be in Bethlehem tomorrow. We probably won't have any chance of seeing him this week, but we definitely see the affects of him being here. Kinda cool to think he's just across the street! Maybe we'll catch a glimpse of him sometime this week....



The Pope's security at our front gate. (Couldn't exactly ask them to smile from the camera, so we had to take pictures from further away.)



The security blimp hovering above where he is staying, so it's just above us too.