Within the past two weeks our pastor, David Fulks, has had the opportunity to travel to Israel and Jordan. His days were filled with tours of various sights that are in the Holy Land such as the Sea of Galilee, Petra, Nazareth, Masada and Jerusalem. It was an amazing trip for him as it made the Bible come alive as he rode in a boat on the Sea of Galilee, saw the village where Jesus worked with his father in the carpenter shop, and walked the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. This was certainly a trip of a lifetime for him. He feels every seminary student should spend one semester of their studies in the Holy Land.
Jerusalem
Petra
Capernaum
Believed to the the remians of Peter's house
This past Sunday evening he shared about his trip accompanied by a number of slides. He took over 600 pictures, but only got through half of them that evening. Everyone was captivated by his insight into his time in the Israel as well as the excellent pictures he captured with his camera. He found a very interesting fact while touring Israel. In the Bible Jesus cursed three towns, Chorazin, Capernaum, and Bethsaida. During his tour he realized that not one of these three town exist today except their ruins. Needless to say, we can't wait to hear about the rest of his trip and see the slide that accompany it.
This past Saturday we got together with some long time friends for breakfast. Tim and Judy Guest arrived around 9:00 a.m. and stayed well past 12:30 p.m. We enjoyed being together and the conversation never lacked. We attended church together for many years at Open Door Bible Church in Hudson. Our children were close in age to their youngest daughter, Ann, so we shared many activities together. It was so good to be together for that short time since we don't often see them as they still live in the Hudson area and winter in Arizona so they are gone several months out of the year. Friends like Tim and Judy are such a special blessing
Blessings and Encouragement,
Paul, Gail, Patsy and Penny
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