Almost 1,000 Miles in Israel

This man on one of the streets in Jerusalem thought he was King David. I caught a photo of him playing his lyre, but when I came back a few minutes later he was smoking a cigarette.
Marie trying to decide which necklace to buy. She had saved for this special purchase and finding the exact item the Arab salesman started at a price of 50 shekels. But by the time Marie was done negotiating with him, she got it for 25.

Our family at Caesarea, a city founded by Herod the Great in 22 BC and the seat of Roman government for over 500 years. Pontius Pilate made his home here. The apostle Paul spent two years in prison at Caesarea and made his defense before Felix, Festus, and King Agrippa II (Acts 23-27).

Well, I am at the airport waiting to board our flight back home. It is a non-stop 15 hour flight - sleep, read, movie, .... stretch, sleep, read, movie, stretch....

We covered almost a 1,000 miles in Israel - most of those miles were riding in a bus, but we did our share of walking!

We did not go to Bethlehem and Jericho as they are mostly Arab and not very welcoming to non-Arabs. Last time our guide went into Bethlehem the bus was bombarded with rocks.

Our guide was helpful and we felt completely safe the entire time over here. We made some good friends and many memories. The best part was to share this experience with Paula and the children.

Several singles, young couples, and older people commented on how our family ministered to them. Praise the Lord.

The trip was full of ancient and modern history and we can now match names and places in the Bible. We have a lot to review when we get home and hundreds of photos to look at.

Thank you for your prayers. God did above and beyond what we could expect or imagine!