Helen and I are home. We departed the 12th of March, 2014, on a trip to Israel. It was the second one for me, but the first time Helen was willing to travel outside the United States. We went with a group from the South Yukon Church of Christ let by pastor Dr. Perry Greene.
It was a great trip, blessing both body and soul. Basically, our diet was Mediterranean fare, though one night some of us went to McDonald's to eat. We walked close to 5 miles each day--one of our group had a pedometer. It was not easy walking either, walking up steep stairs or down steep inclines, through narrow tunnels, both wet and dry. We all came home in better shape than we left.
I was in the Holy Land 6 years ago. There has been much excavating and discovery since that time that it was very interesting to return. One of my personal beliefs which I came to hold from my first visit, and this visit only strengthened it, is that the place of Israel in these last days is to be the developer and protector of artifacts and antiquities for all the world to see. People are coming from all over the world to see the story of the Bible told there. I'm not sure how many are being made believers in Jesus Christ, but I know that some are. If the Muslims had full control over what is now Israel, very little Biblical evidence would exist because the archeology does not tell the story of Islam.
When we arrived in Israel the CEO of the tour company met us in Tele Viv. As he shook each of our hands he said, "Welcome home." He meant, of course, that Israel is our spiritual homeland, the place where the events that paid the price of our pardon actually happened. Helen and I are now at home in Iowa--not quite Heaven yet--trying to bear witness to the truth of the Bible until we are finally home with the Lord. Over the course of the coming weeks I will try to share a few of these important things with you.
Our Father's Love,
Tom
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