Hi, Everyone!
Well, the Holidays are over (we made it through them-ha), the children are back in college and public school, and we're engaged fully in the agenda for the new year---2009! How did it get here so quickly? It seems only yesterday that we were celebrating the new millennium. Anyway ... it's been so long since I made a post that it seems like I've been on a Sabbatical -ha! I'll try not to neglect this post again for so long again. Actually, I just returned from Israel, going there on an archaeological expedition the day after Christmas. In the next few posts (or on my website) I will post some pictures and videos of this trip I made with archaeologist Dr. Scott Stripling (an elder in our church), which involved sifting through the archaeological debris from the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. During the couple weeks we also got to visit Caesarea, Capernaeum and the Sea of Galilee, Megiddo, Masada, Jericho, Q'umram and other Biblical sites. I have video of it all (ha), narrated by Scott, who, as an historian, biblical archaeologist, and tour guide there many times before around Israel, gave a detailed historical and Biblical narrative to it all which made these places "come alive." You will find these videos very informative. I met with an old Bible school buddy who pastors there on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem, and stayed with another friend, who was a past President Ariel Sharon's body guard, before he converted to Christianity and became a pastor. Look for more to be added about this eventful trip in the next week or two (as I have time to edit the video). Thanks for checking in! (Tennis fans: Notice my widget of the Australian Open in the right column.)
