Accelerated Adolescence

As per request

A nice view of the Arc gardens, the archives building, and the shrine of the Bab

The archive sunburst up a little closer



A view from the Arc of the international teaching center, the gardens, and steps leading down to the monument gardens and the lesser archives that will soon be transformed into the library in the future



The ugliest dog I've ever seen. It should be against the law!

Me looking happy in Haifa


Terrace fountains at night. Very cool.


A view of Haifa Harbor from Mara and Mark's flat, which is situated between the lower terraces and the upper terraces

Mara and Mark took us to lunch on the rainiest day that I've seen since Gambia. It w as awesome. See Kristen's blog for more details:)

Akka, Akko, Acco, Acre (however you want to spell it) radiating light. The very nature of this photograph is a mixture of coolness and dumb luck.

A picture of one of my favoritest geese

What you can't see is that it's forty-five degrees out, rather windy, and the guy is completely insane

The Bahai Ringstone Symbol decorating the shrine of the Bab

Looking down the terraces from the terrace just below the Shrine of the Bab

The main fountain on the first terrace. This terrace is the only terrace that is open to Israelis after 1 PM. According to Bahai's at the center, it is a popular photography location for newly weds of every background.

This is a recently constructed guard house at Bahji. Mara denies that that is its name but I'm pretty sure that that's what it is called. Perhaps it could be said to be an ornamental bridge. Either way, it is very beautiful.

This is the cieling of the gate/bridge.

This is the path that leads straight to the Shrine of Baha'u'llah. The gate that you can see in the distance is about half way. This is an amazing view that is likely to capture the breath of anyone if not inspire them with a feeling of awe and humility.

Whoa! Look at that shadow. This picture was taken by Kristen (as were many others, but this is a notabl piece of artwork).


Guess whose feet are whose! I chose not to post any images of the shrine or the entrance because I do not feel it shows them the proper respect.


We went to dinner at Zozobra and got a little silly. What can I say? There was a lot of mercury in the food?


My new favorite picture of Kristen. Where are we? Who cares? Look at that awesome picture. Besides, this is Christian stuff, i'll leave it up to Kristen.

The shore of the Sea of Galilee. I don't know why it was so important for me to go down to the shore, to walk the beaches that Christ walked, but it was very important. Mark captured this beautiful image of the sea. I swear that I'm done posting about the Chrisian places. I figured that my grandmother would be proud to say that her grandchildren not only have a deeply profound place in their hearts for the Christ but that they also have visited some of the holiest Christian places in the world in a capacity that it is greater than that of tourist. My grandmother's spirituality is very important to me.