Pilgrims Post

hey jeffers and ballard and jones,

      we made it. haven't been ableto call yet. will keep trying. send love to everyone. will call when we figure out the phone system. makes us really appreciate home.  mlke and deb

  from curt and sandy

its been pretty amazing. we stood where jesus fed the 5000. where he appeared to the disciples after his resurrection and told peter to feed his sheep.  hope to take a boat ride on the sea of galilee today.  we are so glad to be here, but are missing everyone back home, too. love to all!
Sandy here again....almost time to board our bus...I'll try to post this and come back and post link to more phots...love to all back home!

        

A New Day

Hi from the tour host. We come not to see the sights which we do, we come not to show our devotion to christ which we have, we come not to vacation which we can, but we come because it is here that our sins where dealt with. It is here that God came to earth,lived as we do and died on the cross to save us from the penalty of our sins. A simple truth, the world is ignoring to their destruction. Jesus paid it all, all to him I owe, sin has left a crimson stain, he washed them white as snow-
Sandy here..due to internet problems I will post this and start a new one. I had a looong post ready to send at three this am and lost internet, but want others to have a chance to post..

Photo Link

https://picasaweb.google.com/grammy4him/Israel2012?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCOHIpLT9nJu65wE&feat=directlink

We Have Touched Holy Ground....

After starting out in Omaha with a two hour delay, we had an uneventful flight to Newark. I know I was not the only one with a sense of awe looking out the windows of the plane and airport to the Statue of Liberty and the rebuilding of ground zero....but our hearts were yearning..much past that looong plane ride almost halfway around the world, to step out of that plane and place our feet in the holy land.

 It is definitely an emotional experience.  We quickly moved through passport check and Ruthie "Rootie" warmly greeted us and ushered us out to our bus.  We headed to south Tel Aviv to what was biblical Joppa.

 I am having trouble uploading photos from this tablet, but hope to get an album going.


We headed back north through the city and spent some time in Ceserea by the sea.  It is a very windy day, but that didn't stop us from wandering around Herrod's palace and the theater and along the sandy beach of the Mediterranian Sea and taking photos by the ancient water canals. We are now all settled in at the Ramada in Netanya. As I write the waves are beating the beach outside our window. We are grateful that we all arrived healthy and safe. After meeting downstairs for supper in an hour we will head back to our rooms for a good nights rest. We #re looking forward to another adventure filled day tomorrow. I will also keep working on trying to get some photos uploaded. Thanks for all your prayers on our behalf.

Ready, Ready, READY!

I know I should be in bed, and I am heading there right after this post. In six hours, our 'ride' will come and we head to the Omaha airport where 16 pilgrims will board the plane headed to Newark. About 4 pm we board and head to Tel Aviv. We will try to post in the evenings and update what we have been up to during the day. I see we have a chance of rain there the next three or four days, but we are troopers...a little rain will not stop our desire to walk where our Lord walked! We covet your prayers for safety and health as we travel these next days.

We will keep in touch.... =)

Hi everyone, we are now close to our departure time. We are heading for a great adventure in the Holy Land. Once there you will never see the Bible the same. Its like putting on glasses and whalla the fuzzy picture becomes clear.

But sure to invite your friends to check this site daily as we will up date it on the tour.

Happy preparation. Your fearless leader, Pilgrim Don