Pastor Leah

Listed as a UNESCO sight, Petra is an ancient city entirely carved from sandstone. Hues of reds, oranges, yellows and purples paint the valley with a palette of beauty that adds to the already utterly remarkable landscape. The hike in is about two miles following a natural break in the towering rocks. The moment came […]

The mosaic map dates to the 6th century and was created as a visual aid to assist Christian Pilgrims in finding the important sights across the Holy Land. So friends here is your question, when you hear (or think) Holy Land, what do you include? Israel, right? How about Palestine? Maybe, maybe not. Have you

We have arrived in Ammon Jordan. While our actual touring doesn’t begin until tomorrow, we have already experienced great joy in spotting camel herds between the airport and the city. Camel herds! You just never know what you might find along the way. Pastor Leah

Today we wrapped up our time in Egypt and tomorrow we have an early flight into Jordan. While we are excited for the adventures yet to come, Jordan is much closer to a whole lot of chaos. So dear friends, please keep us in your heartfelt prayers. Pastor Leah

How could I come to Egypt and not share King Tut’s Tomb with you? Pastor Leah

Welcome to Abu Simbel, a temple complex that lays about 40 kilometers north of Egypt’s border with Sudan. Beyond the statues, carvings and hieroglyphics of this temple is the intrigue of it getting moved. True! The whole thing was moved! After dam construction began on the Nile, many important historical sights were flooded. From 1964-1968

Honestly, the list of contrasts is pretty lengthy… CulturalEducationalReligiousLinguisticEconomicSocialExperiential Today we added transportation. Pastor Leah

We arrived at Luxor (and our cruise ship) yesterday but didn’t leave the shore until after our morning excursion, today. After all the ‘early starts’ and packed days, sitting in a reclined sun-chair, watching the countryside go by feels pretty relaxing. (There may or may not have been a quick nap in that sun-chair this

The wake-up call (to fly to Luxor) came at 3:00 am this morning and tomorrow’s wake-up (to journey to the Valley of the Kings and Queens) will be at 4:30 am. In response to this grim pre-dawn news, the weary travel group groaned loudly and painfully. Our Egyptologist just as quickly offered his own comeback,

Remember Joseph’s dream? Not the one to marry Mary….the other one, about fleeing his homeland because the Christ child was not safe there….And where did they escape to? Egypt. Today we visited a church claiming to be built upon a home that sheltered the Holy Family as they avoided the violence aimed at their son.