Israel Bound!

Even with the best of intentions, I often fail at the follow-through. I really did intend on posting about that trip to Guatemala, but for various reasons (some my fault, others not so much) I let that one go. That trip in particular was almost a year-and-a-half ago and I've been to Guatemala again since then. It was still fun re-reading what I had posted back then.

Now it's almost time to add another stamp to my passport! I am so pumped up about this one. A group of about 25 people from our church is about to embark on a journey to the Holy Land. I can hardly wait. As fast as the past years seem to have vanished in the blink of an eye, this past month seems to have come to a near standstill. We have been preparing for this trip for almost a year and now the day is almost here. We leave dark and early on Monday the 28th. We fly to New York and then directly to Tel Aviv-not to return again until April 6th. Mike and I are pretty much ready to go. All that is left is the packing. And dealing with the consist nagging feeling that there must be something we have failed to include in our reminder list.

So my latest intention is to blog about some of our adventures while we are there. I have even purchased a new Flip camera, so there may be video included! We shall see. I am of the understanding that we will have Wi-Fi available in our hotels and that the touring part of our days will end fairly early, so we should have some free time in the evenings.

Okay, now that I have posted this, maybe I can get to sleep. I was staying awake composing this in my head, so figured that I may as well get up and crank it out. The rest of my week composes of laundry, carpet cleaning, a little tutoring and getting through three more days of our beans/rice/tap water diet. Not sure that I'm going to make it, but I'm gonna try.