Hi my family! Sorry we have been bad bloggers since we arrived in Jerusalem. The Regency hotel was not very kind with their free internet, or lack thereof I should say, so after the first expensive post I decided to hold off until we got back to the states. We arrived home Monday afternoon. Yesterday…
Category: Israel
Mount of Olives
On April 8, we arrived in Jerusalem. Our first stop was on the Mount of Olives. From here, you can see out over the city, including the old city of Jerusalem which is now divided up between christians, muslims, and jews. the city walls are much larger than i expected. the ancient walls, built, destroyed, and rebuilt, yet…
What’s Your Life Verse?
Do you have a life verse from the Bible? Is there some certain scripture that God has used in a life changing way for you? These thoughts have been in my head recently because, while we were in Israel, we had the chance to have jewlery made for us with a verse written in Hebrew. Several of…
Epicenter Conference Live online
The Joshua Fund, the group we are traveling with, is hosting a conference later this week. You can watch it live online at http://epicenter08.com
A prelude to Jerusalem
So we’ve been here almost a week now. The anticipation mounts as we are about to enter into Jerusalem, the Holy City. As I was reading through some Psalms today, I came across Psalm 87 and I have never, ever, noticed this or paid any attention to it, but tonight it means so much to…
A couple of photos (thanks jeff)
Time for a quick commercial break, these blogs and photos are brought to you by Jeff Trexel, president and CEO of Infoition. I am using his laptop and these photos were taken with his ultra fancy camera. My favorite place — the Galilee From the top of Mount Carmel. From the top of a very…
Soundtrack Thus Far
Since I have some extra time tonight I wanted to go on and post some of the soundtrack of the trip. April 4 – Tel Aviv Come and Listen – David Crowder Band Praise to the Lord – Hymn Confess – Shawn McDonald Standing outside a broken phonebooth – Primitive Radio Gods (set aqainst the…
What are you running from?
They say that in Israel, the scriptures come to life. This is true. Reflecting back on my visit to the port of Joppa, and reading the book of Jonah, I got to thinking about storms, and pride, and bad attitudes. As I read, I saw that in chapter 1, Jonah is running from God. God…
Meggido
The past two days have been full of beauty and awe. As I try to decide the highlights, I am stumped because its all so wonderful. First, know that Israel is about the size of New Jersey. This explains how Jesus and the disciples were able to walk all over the place, there wasn’t a…
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