FresnoJoe (11-20-2016)
By all means, please get in contact. I don't have a tour on my calendar for those dates at the moment but March is usually a busy month. Send me a PM and I'll send you both an e-mail address and a cell phone number. I'd love to meet, get you a good cup of something (I specialize in home roasted/home brewed coffee), and chat. Or take you on a tour somewhere if that works. I only have two more tour groups this year but I also have two international trips between now and the end of the year. Life is a little busy. But I'll respond and make an effort to set something up if it is possible.
I KNOW you are going to love Israel.
Please be aware of the theological and political slant of the tour agency and the tour guide. You know the bible well and you already love the God of Israel so I'm not too worried but it would be a pity to have a tour guide who is anti-Israel (Palestinian) or anti-Bible ( some secular Jewish). I hardly ever see Sean these days but I still consider him to be a friend.
Also, I'd love to introduce your group to my favorite Christian organization in Israel, Bridges for Peace. We could arrange for a visit to the warehouse/food bank if you give us a couple weeks to set it up. We have two food banks plus our international offices. I live part time on the campus of the International offices and part time in our real home in Northern Israel.
Lets do this!
FresnoJoe (11-20-2016), happysandyh (10-30-2016), peace (10-29-2016)
Thank you, Tom. That is so kind of you. We're going to have three days in Jerusalem at the end of our stay. I will send you a PM later when I know more about the program. I would be so excited to hear more about Bridges for Peace and to meet our very own Israel tour guide in person :)
Femme* (11-27-2016), FresnoJoe (11-20-2016), GodismyJudge (10-29-2016), happysandyh (10-30-2016)
Yay!
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity (futility) of their mind, having the understanding darkened...
(Ephesians 4:17-18)
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly...
(Psalm 1)
FresnoJoe (11-20-2016)
I'm so excited for you!! I know you'll have an amazing time in Israel!! I'll be praying for you that it will be everything you hope for and then some!!
krystian (11-21-2016)
Very happy for you. I haven't been since 1999. I want to go back soon.
I planned to go in 2016 but the tour package was $6000. I'm going to try again next year
Hope you enjoy and take lots of pictures
FresnoJoe (12-06-2016)
Unfortunately, with all the fires right now, it's not the best place to go.
Femme* (11-27-2016)