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Sunday, April 18, 2010

Masada.....


What a day! Today we went to Masada which is in the Judean desert! It is the last fortress that the Israelites held and is an amazing fortress! The area is desolate! We overlooked into the area of Sodom and Gomorrah. We saw the Dead Sea from the top as well.

The Dead Sea surprised all of us with the size, it was huge! Not sure why we thought it would be small, but there you go! Never too young to learn something!

We saw also caves, everywhere. Most likely the caves where David was and cut off a piece of Saul's robe! Really!

We spent time at the Red Sea where some of the team members floated! What a hoot! NO, we did not. We did not have suits and I am not sure I would have gone in there if you paid me! Quite salty and muddy! Our teammates had fun though...

It is time now to focus on the work ahead of us! We are anxious, on edge and excited all at the same time!

Pray for continued health and endurance as we potentially could be serving hundreds of people where we are going!

Our team is beautifully united, just like a family. We are here for each other, and in this for a common purpose. We want every person we come in contact with to feel cared about! That is why we are here!

We are going into darkness, we will put on the armor, lean on your prayers, and trust the Light will shine through our smiles, in our touches, and through our deeds!

Join us! Thank you as you are as much a part of the team as we are! We just happen to be here physicially! We could not do it without you!

We are all healthy and still eating well. Oh yes, we all sore calves!!! The is a city of stairs, everywhere!

Love to all you! Be kind to one another....

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Jerusalem!


What a beautiful place the city is. What an amazing feeling to walk where Jesus walked. We went to the Garden Tomb, Garden of Gethsemane, walked the Via De La Rosa (Stations of the cross)..Quite an awesome feeling to be here.

It is hot! We walked for hours all over the city and tomorrow will go to the Dead Sea, Masada, and Hezekiah's tunnel (I am passing on going in that one!)

We are worn out! Not a good thing as our work starts Monday!

We are all well, having a good time with each other and anxious to get started on why we came.
So, not only are there 1,000 flyers, but also two radio stations talking about us coming!!

We will need all the strength and energy that only someone Mighty can give us!

Thank you for your continued prayers and support we feel it all!

Christine

PS We were all so tired by the time we went to the garden tomb that four - five of the team fell asleep while the woman was talking!! How embarrassing! Guess who almost fell off the bench, you got it!

Friday, April 16, 2010

GREETINGS FROM GALILEE!


What a beautiful day we have had. We visited all over the area of Tiberius, Sea of Galilee. It is a beautiful, warm day. We saw Capernahum, Peter's House, Mount of Beatitudes, and had baptisms in the Jordan! Quite a full exciting day.

Our team is enjoying getting reacquainted for some, meeting each other for the new members. There are 10 returning from last year. It has been a sweet reunion!

We have a hired bus driver for our time here, with a small private bus. We are moved by being in the very places where Jesus performed His miracles. If you think about it, it is a miracle that God has called 15 of us here, to show His precious love.

We will go into Jerusalem tomorrow and stay there until Sunday!

Then our work begins...

We have been told from the people in the area where we will be working, that they have distributed over 1,000 flyers about us coming Monday! They have even been to the mosques, telling them of the medical clinic, physical therapy clinic, eye glass clinic, and children's ministry! Wow, may God give us His strength!

That will be for now, leave me comments so I can hear from you!

Love and God's blessings on all of you!
Christine

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Note from our leader.....

This is quite interesting I think.....


If you want to know where we will be you can go to 2 Chronicles 11 - the village where we will be was once called “Adoraim”. Adoriam was one of the cities fortified by Rehoboam, son of Solomon, to protect Jerusalem over 1,500 years ago. This is a time when the nation was divided and many were worshipping false gods. There were also many who set their hearts on seeking the Lord and serving Him turned away from the worship of false Gods. Please pray that the people of this city will turn away from false religion of Islam to worship Jesus and this city will become fortified with the love and presence of the Living God.

OK......here we go!

John and I want to thank all of you for your calls, emails, posts and general wonderful comments for our trip!

We are very excited. We know that we have done all we can to prepare and now the rest is up to the One who has called us to go.

Thank you for following us. We pray that you too will be changed from this trip, if only by reading this! Open your hearts, minds and ears to see what He has in store for you! Promise you will not be disappointed!

May His peace be upon each of you as you go about your day!
Christine

Saturday, April 10, 2010

PACKING!!

Finally, the time has come to put all the craft supplies, medicines, candy, and oh yes, clothes in the suitcase and pray it makes the weight limit. We will be bringing between the two of us, 200 lbs of things for the people! A couple of pounds will be clothes, but mostly medicines and fun things for the people and children in the West Bank!

We are beyond excited! We are ready to get going on what God has called us to do.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support. We do feel the blanket around us and know it will continue, day in and day out!

We leave Wednesday and will arrive Thursday evening! There is a 10 hour time difference between our home and where we will be. Just enough to totally goof you up...

Be good to one another! Will see you back here soon,
Christine

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

ONE WEEK!

Hi "followers"!

One week from today we will be traveling to our destination in Israel. There is a team of 16 people ready and raring to go! The first few days we will be visiting sites in the area to get acclimated, and have some time to connect to each other. I am going to try and attach our prayer calendar, somehow, on the blog if you desire to support us in this way!

We will have internet access while there so I look forward to posting as often as I can. Who knows, you may even have some pictures to look at hot off the press!

Our team will be doing 1) Medical 2) Physical Therapy 3) Eyeglass and 4) Childrens Ministries..We will be in the West Bank area for this time of serving!

As the blog progresses, please make comments! If you cannot figure out how, ask some techie friend or kid! They know how!

Thank you for your interest, again!
Christine