In Israel

Our Air Lebanon jet landed at Ben-Gurion Airport, and we stayed at the King David hotel while in Jerusalem. Most of the trip in Israel consisted of a bus tour of the still emerging new nation. We went as far north as the sea of Galilee, and then east to swim in the Dead Sea, and finally down to Qumran to see the ruins of the Essenes’ monastery. Visiting Biblical places such as the Mount of Olives, the Tomb of Lazarus, the birthplace of Jesus, the site of Jesus’ baptism, and the Valley of Megiddo change one’s conception of these places from being words printed on a page to actual physical locations. The photographs of this trip were destroyed when the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church closed the Goldsboro District office. I originally had converted many of my pictures into slides, which I showed often to various church groups. In the process of closing the office, however, the photographs were lost.Baca selengkapnya