Ministry in Israel

My last trip into the Old city...we go through the Dung Gate (East side of the Old city) to enter the Temple Mount (Mount Moriah), one of the most holy places of Islam and Judaism. To the Jews, this is the location of Solomon's temple (and, they hope, the new temple);...

In case you are unaware, Qumram is the area in a mountain range near the southern part of the Dead Sea where a Bedouin shepherd threw a stone into a cave, heard the breaking of pottery and subsequently discovered the Dead Sea Scrolls, which included writings of the...

The Dead Sea is known for its minerals and its high salt content (33.3%) which means that everyone floats! So, in order to fully enjoy the experience I purchased a T-shirt and some shorts and mushed my way to a muddy part of the shore in order to coat myself with the...

Saturday Aaron and I went into Jerusalem to see the Mount of Olives. Much to my surprise (and joy), I met Kojak the camel. Kojak is a very gentle and obedient camel who graciously turn slightly to his side inviting me to come aboard...which I did with great...

Friday the 11th, we again went to the Old City of Jerusalem. On this day we saw the Pools of Bethesda and walked the "Via Dolorosa", the Way of Grief or The Way of Suffering which is an E to W route through old Jerusalem. This is the way that Jesus would have walked...

Wednesday we went to Galilee. Think of it...we were in the area where Jesus performed most of His miracles and did most of His teaching. Obviously there was a reason why this area received Him more readily than any other area and, as one entered into the region one...

Ahhhhhh. Sunday was a trip to the beach area of Caesarea (Stratos Tower, Herod's manmade port). Beautiful weather, beautiful water, interesting ruins (hippodrom where they used to have chariot races) and a theater with a seating capacity of 3500. According to...

Today we went to Jerusalem. Aaron and Brenda needed to get new passports, so we did that then went for a late lunch at the Focaccia Bar where I had a lovely Focaccia salad, which is a lettuce salad with lots of tomatoes, GARLIC!!!, onion, bell pepper and yummy beef...

What a flight. It was quite interesting, though. The flight from SFO to Philadelphia was uneventful except that I had to pay for lunch. While in Philadelphia airport awaiting the boarding of the flight to Tel Aviv, some of the Jewish men gathered together for prayer....

Sheryl, Stephany and I decided to spend a few hours at the San Francisco Zoo after a wonderful, yummy lunch at the elephant Bar. Here are a few pictures: