What Is This World Coming To?

by Georgia Miller

Well, I have wondered about posting my personal notes about our trip to Israel. I took many pages of notes!   Our group was only 15 people. Most of us didn’t know each other at the beginning of the trip, but by the end of the trip, there was a special bond among us.

I would invite others who went to Israel to also share their stories. Each would have a different perspective, and our experience would be very different perhaps.

We arrived in Tel Aviv at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 22. We boarded our very large tour bus, the Nazarene Express, which seats 55. After being so cramped in airplanes for a day and a half, each of us takes a full seat and I smile to myself as I realize everyone on the bus is sitting separately. It’s nice to have space!! (I chuckle about our little trip coordinator at the airport who quipped — “we have camels waiting for you outside.”)

Boaz takes the microphone and welcomes us to Israel. He and our driver will be with us all week long.

I am amazed to look out the window to see sights I never expected to see. I enjoy the scenery from our bus. There are hills and stone buildings and different landscape, and traffic (just like home). We were on Highway 6. Boaz points out many things that bring income to Israel and he states that tourism is not a major source of income these days.

After dark we pass the lights of Nazareth in the distance, and we also pass Armageddon. Finally we reach Nof Ginosar where we will stay. We must rush to remove our bags from the bus and then hurry to the dining room for dinner. We are told we could see the Sea of Galilee if it were daylight, and we long to see the Sea! Read the rest of this entry »