We had supper on the way to the airport
we thanked Nadav and Egol
We shared our top 5
El AL flight to NYC
we had a long wait in NYC
so we put our feet up
almost all of us had swollen ankles
This is why we had to wait,
a very small plane couldn't take the whole group in one time
some of our Top 5:
Of Rocks
and Rabbis
5. We
learned that Rabbi's get VERY upset if we don't follow EXACTLY in their footsteps.
4. The
more we followed in our Rabbi's footsteps, the more we learned aboutour
ultimate Rabbi, Jesus.
3.We
learned that Israel is a land of rocks. We must have climbed at leasthalf of
them.
2. Herod
used these rocks to build a kingdom for himself, that the world would know
there was a Herod.
1. We
learned more about our ultimate Rabbi who is THE rock- the anchor ofour lives.
As opposed to Herod's rocks, He is the rock of Daniel 2, the rock cut not by
human hands but by God's design. While all the kingdoms of this world will
crumble and pass away and we saw their ruins, His kingdom will last forever and
all knees will ultimately bow to Him. On this trip we have recommitted our
lives to Him-to live in such a way that the world may knowthat Jesus is lord
and worships Him forever.
Toddism's
#5
"There once was a Rabbi..."
#4
"God is in this place"
#3
"You Bless me"
#2
"Aaaaagh!"
#1
"Come, Lets go."
Future #1
will be... "Eh"
You know
you've been to Israel on a GTI study tour when you've ...
5. climbed
mountains with "sticks" (hiking poles to us in Canada) despite the
Rabbi's protestations.
4.
put your feet in all kinds of waters: the Mediterranean, the
Jordan, the Hezekiah tunnel, Ein Gedi and the Dead Sea to name a few.
3.
climbed so many mountains that you should've reached heaven.
2.
descended the depths of every cistern and tunnel on the GTI itinerary.
1.
Set out 3 liters of water daily (sorry, don't know how to convert that
into American gallons anymore) in 47 degree temperatures (too many degrees
Fahrenheit to count.)
S - story,
standing stones, sticks...SHEPHERD'S STAFF
T -
teaching that deeply inspired us
I -
INSULA!!!!!!!
C -
Cultural context that made everything 3-D for us
K -
Knowing NOT where we were going next
5.
2,800 kms - we travelled by bus
4.
800 litres - the fuel our bus consumed (Israel gets most of its gas and oil
from Russia and other eastern block countries - not surprisingly Arab countries
wouldn't supply Israel)
3.
900 pitas - the lunches we ate (14 days - 60 people plus the pitas at our
farewell dinner)
2.
420 litres - of pop and juice that we drank at lunch (Coke, Diet Coke,
Sprite, Mango, Grapefruit and Banana-Strawberry)
1.
3,600 litres - of water that we drank on our hikes (300 6-packs of 2
litre bottles) that works out to 1,800 bottles, 60 litres per person, over 4
litres of water per day per person (I drank 6 litres on Timnah-Mike)
P.S. Actually the numbers came from our bus
driver, and he was amused because in his eastern mindset he had never
considered this important, but neither had anyone asked him before! Of
course we westerners must know this!
