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...
Continue ReadingISRAEL 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...
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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...
Continue Reading5/15/15 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...
Continue ReadingWhat 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...
Continue ReadingWalk in the Footsteps of Paul – Tour Open for Registration!
September 24 – October 6, 2018 — 13-Day Walk in the Footsteps of Paul Tour including Greece, a 3-Night Greek Isles Cruise plus a 3 Day Visit to Rome DAY 1 – MONDAY, SEPT 24: DEPART U.S.A. Embark upon your journey with an overnight flight to Athens. Prepare yourself for...
Continue ReadingFrom Mountain Tops to Caves
How I Now View Israel’s Mt. Carmel Mt. Carmel, the mountaintop where Elijah dramatically proved the Lord is God in a competition between himself and 450 prophets of the idol Baal. Whose god would answer their prayer requesting fire from heaven to burn their altars of worship, proving the one...
Continue ReadingWords From A Reformed Terrorist…
When traveling through Greece, the Greek Isles, and Ephesus, Turkey, our main theme is “following in the footsteps of Paul.” Who is Paul? Who was Paul? Do I really want to follow in HIS footsteps? I grew up learning Paul wrote much of the New Testament of the Holy...
Continue ReadingShe Comes From Suncoast…
She comes from Suncoast… You know the place… you have one in your county too. For us in Lee County, of Southwest Florida, it’s Suncoast. The neighborhood you cringe to think of living in. “Those” people who live in Suncoast…. uneducated, poor, often unkept, and have little to nothing...
Continue ReadingWhen I Fell In Love…Again!
Ahh…the anticipation…the excitement…the emotions…the tears… Israel…where my Lord was born, grew up, and gave his life…for ME! Here I am…1997. I always remember loving Jesus. I heard the stories about him as a toddler; I read them in my child’s Bible. I asked Jesus to be my Lord and Savior...
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