day 4 En-Gedi

I suppose a few pictures here will remind us of possibly the lesson we all remember the most. Here we are enjoying water for the first time after time spend in the hot desert. Give me your thoughts on En-gedi!

Sorry I missed a week!

It was great to see Greg Martin this weekend! Greg, Melissa and her sister Kim came to church yesterday. Great fellowship afterward! Wow Greg, a new girlfriend and I hear you were on the phone with her after you left here all the way back to Indiana and she lives in Mexico!!!! Nice phone bill!!

We were talking on the way back from church about the 4 cups RVL talked about in the Garden of Gethsemane. Can't find any notes and no sound clips from anyone. Anybody have any recollection???

day 3 lesson 10

After lunch on this day we went to another place for more teaching and came across this animal under a tree. Anybody remember anything about this beast? The next lesson i only had a few pictures. As i recall, RVL used Jonas' stick and gave a lesson by some rock formation and then we continued across the desert and sat by this beautiful mushroom rock. These lessons concluded the Sinai desert experience as we drove back up to the welcome sight of a feast by the Dead Sea. Still love to think of the dry pita exclusive of pickles and cheese, unless you were first in line) in the wilderness vs the feeding trough of buffet at the hotels and the gracious people patiently waiting (IN LINE) so others can by-pass you. Amazed to think which of these were the Americans! Laughs!

Day 3 Lesson 9 Tabernacle

After the Sinai story we walked across the desert to the Tabernacle. Remember the wedding was at Sinai. Now the Tabernacle. Menorah? What about moving this 1500# ark? There is so much to learn from this Tabernacle. We could probably have a lesson a week on this for a year and not get done. Give us your thoughts. The important aspect for me is that this structure is not good enough for God, that's why he redeemed me so he can live in me with power! Bless God!

Day 3 Lesson 8 Wilderness

So its day three and we head south through the desert. We grab about 4 bottles of water and hike the deserts by the Sinai mountains. We climbed this hill for a wonderful lesson on the children of Israel as they left Egypt. We are in Timnah. This intense teaching was a highlight for me. Share your thoughts with us!

Day 2 Lesson 7 Wadi

After our wonderful shepherd story we visited our first Wadi. What lessons did we learn as we went down into the wadi? Whats the story about the tree in the picture. I remember we had a few stories in the wadi and also, RVL missed the highway out so we had to struggle in the cool desert with temperatures only around 115.

For the missing sheep

More pictures of the great weekend we had. We sure did miss the missing sheep. October of 2009 looks like the next big reunion when RVL is planning to preach to us for several days! It would be an awesome experience to have the full community in Ohio!