Well, we're home. We got in about 6:00 a.m. this morning after a smooth 13 1/2 hour flight -- much smoother than the one over. Our last day in Israel was a beautiful one, without a cloud in the sky. We took in the Garden Tomb, which gives you a much better look at what Golgotha and the tomb Jesus was buried in looked like. We also went to the home town of John the Baptist, which in English is called "Spring of the Vineyard". It's a really cool little community that really reminded me of a small Italian town. We were able to visit the Museum of Israel, mainly to see two things: the Dead Sea Scrolls and a HUGE model of Jerusalem in Herod's day. It sort of made all the places we saw make sense. When I say "model", what I mean is a replica of the city that is almost the size of a football field. It took them 7 years just to build the model. We finished off the trip with dinner on the Mt. of Olives, which was awesome because it was one of my favorite places in Jerusalem. We saw the sunset over the city then headed off to the airport in Tel Aviv.
Let me just say that security at Tel Aviv is extensive. They cross every T and dot every i. All it all, it was incredible. Emily held up with toting that baby around, and we learned so much. We ended up taking over 600 pictures. Right now we're pretty jet-lagged and getting rested up to get back into the groove as parents and life. We have already guzzled multiple gallons of sweet tea and I have partaken of various and sundry pork products. Thank goodness we are no longer under the law! Pork is our friend!!!
Thanks for the prayers from so many of you. Hopefully next week we'll get back in the weekly routine of posts here as we find the way together.
Blessings,
Carter
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