Shalom! Shalom! Cass and Court here! Today was a BIG day! Starting off the morning bright and early, we tackled Masada. This is something we have been working towards since September by walking up the Joshua hill, so we were well prepared to “conquer the land!” Masada was a fortress that was perfect for defense. It was used for protection from Roman soldiers and was also the site for a city constructed by Herod. We
Day one in Israel and it is definitely the start of a grand adventure! We began our day at Yad Hashmona, which means ‘Memorial of the Eight.’ It is a kibbutz built in the region of Kiriath Jearim. In the story recorded in I Samuel 4-7:1-2, we saw how in this place God was forgotten. We learned from Rich Ferreira that it can be just as easy for us to forget about God as it
Wow what a long trip but we have finally arrived in Israel. You wouldn’t believe the amazing conversations and adventures we have already experienced. Istanbul was great but we really only had enough time to run through the airport to catch our flight to Israel. A few of us had the opportunity to try some real Turkish delight. While it was tasty we all agreed that… Continue reading this post at the GTI Online Tour
The time has finally come at last. Today we all met at 3 pm at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX to begin the check in process with Turkish Airlines for our trip to Israel. Everyone is really excited and we can’t wait to begin our study tour through the Holy Land. Once we board our flight at 6 pm we will travel for 13 hours before we land in Istanbul and then transfer
Update from our last blog: We still haven’t found Lucile. But more exciting news is that in just four days, the Joshua class of 2017 will be sleeping in another country! Most of us don’t know what to expect, but the excitement of leaving for Israel is building! We are so excited to walk in the footsteps of Jesus, to see with our own eyes where the stories of the Bible actually took place, and
Well our Joshua time in the building is almost over. We have this week, our two weeks in Israel and three weeks when we get back then we get ready to leave the building and head to summer staff housing. Our time in the building has been, for all of us, an amazing 9 months of community and fellowship with one another. Of course staying in a building with 50 plus people is not a