Author: Bobby

In the Fall of 2021, Angie and I began thinking about taking a Sabbatical. To be honest, the concept always frightened me. There were three main reasons why: nn What would people think? I hate to admit this, but this was a biggie. For most of my life, I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

,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...

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...

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...

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...