Hodge-Podge Saturday

Just after the 9/11 tragedy, a group

of the teachers from my school went

to support New York over the Martin

Luther King Holiday weekend.

Looking at Lady Liberty reminds me

of the many immigrants that came

to Ellis Island to get legal status

for being in America.

A once in a lifetime trip came to me

through my church. A trip to Israel.

In 1998 right at our Spring break

I went to Israel. What a moving

experience to walk where Christ

walked! Above is the wailing wall,

which one day will be the Glory

of our Lord's Return and all

made New for His 1,000 year

reign!

How unique to see these streets of bricks.

Even more so, how men would roll carts

of 100's of pounds up and down this

bumpy street to get their

goods to the market place to sell.

This is just one area where the Jordan

River passed by. Christians groups

have baptisms here, but at this time

of the year the water is very cold.

The Sea of Galilee is where we are. We

went out on one of their "Jesus Boats."

It was such an honor when the Jewish

men played our National anthem

while raising our flag next to their

Jewish flag.

This is the Beit She'an Ruins. The top of

the summit doesn't look to be far, but all

you need do is compare the height to the

people in the forefront! I made it to

the top after stopping to let the muscles

in my legs rest. When I got to the top,

the muscles in my legs were quivering!

Back behind me, you can see the Dead Sea.

Believe me, it looks anything but dead.

The blue color is bluer than the

Atlantic Ocean. The salt content is

so great, when some of our brave

team went in swimming, they floated

like a cork!!

The Garden of Gethsemane has a very

familiar "rooster" that comes right up

to you and poses. After taking his picture

he "cock-a-doodle-do" and went his

way!

After we observed the LORD's Supper,

we went to visit a tomb that was as the

one Christ arose from.

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I couldn't believe 10 days had passed

so fast! After seeing a model of Jerusalem

as it was in the day of Christ, we left and

flew to London.

London Bridge was one of the sights we

saw. The weather was so cold, we mainly

had our tour from the bus. We did go to the

famous wax museum. I have a picture

of me with my "hero" John Wayne, but

I didn't like myself bundled up

looking like a balloon, ha!

What is going to England without getting

a picture of their famous red buses.

I have other places I have gone, but

I'll have to let that be for another

time. I can't find where I've put

the pictures!