While You Were Enjoying New Year’s Day Off…

Hi friends! While most of us were enjoying New Year's Eve/Day festivities with family and friends, these 750 soldiers of Fort Bragg's 82nd Airborne Division said goodbye to theirs. In less than 18 hours, they prepared, packed and said goodbye, answering the call of deployment to the Middle East. Due to Iranian-orchestrated raids on the …

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Israel Considering Purchase of More US-Made F-35 Aircraft

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu alongside an Israeli F-35 As things continue to heat up in the Middle East, the US and Israel deepen their relationship with one another. According to the Jewish News Syndicate, Israel seems poised to grow their arsenal of US-manufactured F-35 fighter jets to 50. Here are some interesting tidbits you …

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Tour Rewind: Epilogue

I pray you were blessed by the tour rewind! Now, I hope you will bear with me as I share some personal thoughts. Words cannot describe the joy of hosting the 30 people pictured above on the trip of a lifetime! A year ago when I began planning the trip, my goal was to put …

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Tour Rewind: Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran and Dead Sea

The beauty of Ein Gedi with great friends The diversity of Israel is astounding! Five different climate zones are found in this tiny country the size of New Jersey. Unbelievable! Lush, fertile soil found along the upper Jordan River Valley gives way to arid, barren desert south of Jericho. The Dead Sea comes into view, …

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