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Shalom from the Holy Land!
It has been a dizzying few days. The last time I posted, I was getting ready to go to Atlanta to begin the first leg of my trip to Israel.
I will quickly post this, but I hope to get online and post in more detail with pictures to boot.
We spent a comfortable night in a hotel in Atlanta and in the morning boarded our plane for our Newark, NJ connection. Because our flight was an international one, we experienced the security measures put in place to protect us from danger. While I do appreciate the measures and I know they do help to ensure my safety, I will share honestly that it was a stressful and uncomfortable process.
However, that part was over quickly and I did not pass out from the anxiety, although I thought that I would J
The flight to Newark was uneventful and very short. Our group disembarked from the plane and we had a few hours to kill before our connecting flight to Israel, so we found a restaurant and shared a very enjoyable meal together.
Soon it was time to board the aircraft and get our seats. That was an ordeal!! The plane was overbooked and packed to the gills. There was quite a bit of delay due to seat-switching (more on that later) and then we had to remain on the tarmac for over and hour in line to take off.
Then, we are in the air and leaving the United States. 10 ½ hours later, we arrived in Tel Aviv (at 10 AM the day after we left). No time for rest or showers or even checking into our room to drop off the luggage! It was on to the bus and off we went.
I need to go back and review my itinerary to tell you the fabulous places we have been and we have seen, but yesterday we went to gorgeous Caesarea and today I was baptized in the Jordan River. Our hotel overlooks the Sea of Galilee and I have been basking in the beauty and lights of the sea. This morning at sunrise I watched a lone canoeist cut across the water with the early morning haze surrounding him.
This evening at the hotel, we were blessed with a sumptuous Shabbat supper and then we gathered in an upstairs meeting room for singing and sharing. Oh, what a wonderful time in the L-rd and in the church family!
Right now it is 10 PM and I am hastily typing this so I can shower and get to bed because the 6 AM wakeup call comes very quickly it seems.
Tomorrow is another day in this wonderful, magical, mystical, historical and diverse land of Yeshua and His word.
Shalom and goodnight!!
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