TransforMissional Travel

OVER 405,000 TOURISTS VISIT ISRAEL IN APRIL

Compared to 2018, this is a 7% rise in tourist arrivals! Our group of 20 hosted by Dennis & Linda Gingerich of TransforMissional Travel made up a portion of those travelers! This article came from Rick Ricart, the owner of Imagine Tours and Travel, who makes our tours a delightful...

ISRAEL: Where HIStory Becomes OUR Story!

My husband Dennis and I just returned from our ninth trip as hosts to the incomparable land of Israel. We first visited this land of ancient history in 1994. Our purpose in journeying there was to visit the earthly homeland of the man who not only changed our lives, but...

Israel 2021 – Registration Now Open

You’ve been asking and waiting. Registration is now open for the Israel 2021 “In the Footsteps of Jesus” tour. Brochures are printed. If you want us to mail a brochure(s) to you, please email us at info@transformissionaltravel.com and give us your address. Brochures are also downloadable. Just go to our...

Name Change ~ TransforMissional Travel

For more than two decades, we have been leading travel tours to places that inspire and transform lives. We have used the mission tagline, “Inspiring TransforMissional Living Thru Travel.” To better reflect our mission, we have changed the name of this website from Gingerich Tours to “TransforMissional Travel.” We believe...

Next “Footsteps of Jesus” Tour to Israel is Set

March 10-19, 2021 is confirmed as the next tour to Israel! Brochures and details on this website will be posted soon!

ANOTHER RECORD FOR ISRAEL AS TOURISTS FILL HOTELS

An update from Rick Ricart, CEO of our travel partner, Imagine Tours & Travel. In October, approximately 1.36 million tourist stays were recorded, an increase of 12% compared with last year. The Economic Research Department of the Israel Hotel Association published data for October 2018 for tourist stays in hotels...

ISRAEL HAS RECORD-BREAKING MONTH FOR TOURISM

An update from Rick Ricart of Imagine Tours and Travel… If you have an interest in going to Israel, we have a group going A “The month of October breaks a historic record with an astonishingly unprecedented figure.” In what can only attest to Israel’s increasing popularity among tourists from around...

Created For History

While looking through some old slides recently, I came across a picture that threw me back into reflection of why we are created. On a trip through Florida, March 1975, 3 months after Dennis and I were married, we randomly stopped at a small no name city to view their...

5/15/15 Israel Update from Imagine Travel

05/15/18 – Israel update Dear Friends, The past few days have certainly made history with the US officially relocating its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on Monday, formally upending decades of American foreign policy in a move that was met with clashes and protests along the Israeli-Gaza...

What Sheep, Bread and Caves Have In Common: Adjusting the Western Perception of Christmas

I love the Christmas season! Especially since I have been to Israel multiple times, and more specifically to the small town of Bethlehem. Each year as a child I sang about Bethlehem and read the story of Jesus’ birth in this insignificant town, and I created romantic visions of the...