I have received word that our travelers to Israel arrived in good shape. They spent the first day near Tel Aviv and will begin branching out across the country today.
I wanted to post one more group of photos from my trip two years ago. Enjoy!
This is the Kidron valley that divides Mt. Olive from Jerusalem. As mentioned earlier, Jewish folks are buried on the actual mount, Christians are buried in the valley between and the Muslims are buried at the wall of the city. Interesting point, both Jews and Christians are buried facing east, toward the Holy City as the await the arrival or return of Messiah. The Muslims are buried facing west, so they can stop the arrival of Messiah.
This morning (12-2-08) I dropped off five pilgrims headed to the Holy Land. Bob McK, Chuck Haley, Doug Davis, Tyler Lowery and Russell Smith flew out of RIC for an El Al connection in Newark, NJ. They will be spending the next week traveling to an incredible region of our world. I was so jealous to leave them there and head back to Tappahannock!
Philippians 2:14-16 (NIV) Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life--
