A Trip of a Lifetime! To Israel and Back

It has been some time since my last post on my blog.  I am finding that I need something to write about rather than just posting opinions about various things, which I have done occasionally, but its not really my passion.  A trip I am finding makes the perfect blog material.  A trip to Israel is even better because it contains all of the great elements of writing, trying to describe sights, sounds, smells, and emotions in prose is a fun challenge.  I really don't know how many installments I may write for this trip, I feel it could take me up to a year to get it all out as I am still processing, learning, trying to remember and document in my pictures and journal this trip of a lifetime.  I am already thinking of pictures I didn't take that I should have and realizing I took too many pictures of things I thought were interesting at the time.  But maybe with some help of my wife, and some friends that went on the trip with us I can piece it together in a way that will be informative and interesting for you. 

Let me just say that if you ever are interested in taking a trip to Israel, I would very much encourage you to do so.  It wasn't really on our radar until it was generously handed to us as a special gift in honor of our 25 years of ministry at our church, Kenai New Life.  We joined the trip offered by the Center for Holy Land Studies sponsored by the General Council of the Assemblies of God.  It was very good.  They did a great job covering all the bases for us, telling us what we needed to bring, what not to bring, and covered all the expenses that we needed to anticipate.  Our trip went without a hitch, even our luggage arrived with us.  The accommodations were clean (no bed bugs!) comfortable and the food they served us was excellent.  I'll be sharing about some of those things as I go along.

So, if you care to share in our journey to Israel and perhaps some of the things that we learned you are welcome to follow along as I preserve the experience for myself and anyone else who cares to follow along.