The group that went to Jordan first has arrived in Israel. Now the group that is coming only for the Israel portion has arrived. All is well and everyone is happy. Tomorrow we begin our first day with two both groups included.

Busy day today for everyone. For our group traveling through Jordan we went to the authentic baptismal site of Jesus on the Jordan side. We celebrated Mass right on the edge of the river. Fr. Craig’s excellent homily is HERE. I gave my talk “ Are You Born Again?“ And here are adventures and travels […]

We got up early this morning to a beautiful sun rise over the mountains of Petra. Prominent was the Tomb of Aaron the Prophet from over 3000 years ago. No one was disappointed with Petra. We spent a good bit of time wandering around thru the unprecedented gourge of colored sandstone and learning about it while […]