Wednesday, Nov 05 2008
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Wednesday, Nov 05 2008
Holy Ground
On our first full day in Jerusalem (Monday, November 3rd), we boarded our buses punctually at 7:30 am, knowing very well that Lon had no problem leaving us behind if we weren’t ready to go on time. “The early bird gets the schnitzel,” he would say. He was right. Countless times we were the first [...]
Categories: Travel -- Tags: Israel, JesusThursday, Oct 30 2008
A Promised Land
Last night, Brian and I boarded a massive, double-decker jet and flew halfway around the world to Israel. This tiny scrap of land about the size of New Jersey is celebrating its 60th birthday as a new nation this year. Ever since its rebirth, Israel has been a political and religious battleground. Enemies within the [...]
Categories: Travel -- Tags: Brian, Israel, Jesus, MichelleTuesday, Aug 12 2008
Newbie
The last weekend of June my family and I traveled to Idaho/Washington for a Cousins Reunion. My mother was looking forward to sleeping in her first morning in Seattle after a long, exhausting day of travel from Ohio to the West coast with my step-dad and grandmother, both in their 80s. Mama did not get [...]
Categories: Blog, Travel -- Tags: Family, Michelle