Second Pre Trip Meeting!

We met at Joe and Cheryl Hishmehs home for our second pre trip meeting.  We are so blessed to have these two as our guides on this trip.  We discussed our travel from Kansas City to Chicago, then onto Zurich and then onto Tel Aviv.  Our group continues to learn more about each other and Joe laid out the trip itinerary for us.  Tonight we discussed Day 5 through Day 7. We covered the history of the land of Dan, Mount Hermon and the Jordan River.  We discussed opportunities to be baptized in the Jordan and follow this river South to where it had once fed the Dead Sea.  It is unimaginable to think we will travel to where the Sermon on the Mount was delivered, see where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered, the synagogue where Jesus taught and where the stretcher bearers lowered the paralyzed man through the roof. Joe told us how we will sit in the Dead Sea rather than swim and Cheryl added some of her experiences and favorite places she has. Joe provided us with archaeological guides as well as period timelines to assist us in understanding when and where all events occurred. Two month away and so much to read and prepare for!