We stayed in an AirB&B called Vashon View Cottage. The house was located on the north end of the island which had its pros and cons. The biggest pro was that it was close to the ferry terminal for our 1 am arrival. It was also off the beaten path…

We rode Amtrak Coast Starlight from Los Angeles, California to Tacoma, Washington. We had a roomette with chairs that converted to a bed. We ate one meal in the dining car and the rest in our room. We loved the observation car with all of the windows. We experienced a…

We’re traveling north from Los Angeles to Seattle via Amtrak’s Coast Starlight train. We are in a sleeper room, but we can move from car to car. We walked through the dining car to the observation car to be able to see out both sides of the train. Some volunteers…

One of the amazing things about working in a non-profit is the opportunity to meet so many amazing people. Not only do we serve some of the most resilient and inspiring people on the planet, the forced diaspora population, but working alongside volunteers and generous donors has us truly living…

We stayed the night at Ein Geidi and took the bus along the Dead Sea up to Jerusalem. https://video.wixstatic.com/video/637d4e_35c48252569f418eae603752c529f303/1080p/mp4/file.mp4 We dropped our bags at the hotel and began our journey. We walked through the streets of old Jerusalem and to a rooftop where we could see each quarter of the…

,https://video.wixstatic.com/video/637d4e_513dd6f8ea7d441fa95d5ee943bbffe6/360p/mp4/file.mp4 We started the day by visiting the Wedding Church at Cana. Underneath the church is a 1st Century home. They have many artifacts as well as a clay jar that would have been the size and style Jesus directed the servants to fill with water before he performed his…

I woke up at 4am, still not adjusted to the time change. I went to the roof to watch the sunrise but I was way too early. Instead I saw the stars. I could see four planets in the eastern sky all in a row from left to right I…

We left Tel Aviv and drove about an hour north up the coastline to Caesarea Maratima (by the sea). n Acts 10,11,12nBuilt by Herod the Great. We started our tour at the theatre. The theater was the place of entertainment including plays, dancing, fighting etc, none of which would have…

We were fortunate to have both of the kids here for Christmas. Braden and Sarah living in Ft Worth, TX, and Kevin and Kyndal living in Colorado Springs, CO. Since Kyndal and I love photography and can’t stand to pay for something that we can do ourselves, we tag-teamed the…

We were scheduled to visit our family in Texas but COVID messed that up. We were looking forward to seeing our kids and parents. Angie has not been feeling well for the last week and we did not want to risk getting our parents and family sick. I was looking…