Travel went well, I purposely stayed up the whole time, hoping it allows me to get in sync with Israel time easier when I crash tonight. Staying up for a 2 hour, 4 hour and 11 hour flight gave me a bunch of time to read, listen, watch and meet a few new people.
Upon arriving at the airport in Israel, we were picked up in vans by Jack and Gal and taken to Jacks home, where all of the guys are staying the night. After debriefing quickly as a team, the team was split up into groups of three and went out to host families to experience an authentic christian shabbat dinner celebration. I was blessed to stay and be hosted by Jack and his wife Judie! Judie made the most amazing food! I've included a few photos, the top photo is the first course, and she expected us to keep room for the main courses in the lower picture!
After dinner, we had a bible reading/meditation session around the table. So cool to be reading the scriptures with such a diverse group of people (two korean and one british exchange student were also at the dinner table!)
Currently, I'm trying to finish typing this update before I fall asleep, I've already dozed off a few times at the keyboard! Tomorrow we'll be going to a local church service and then getting ready to set up the field on Sunday. We're staying at different host families the next four nights, so depending on internet access I hope to update you all again soon!
-Mike
-Mike
