It’s been a fast, furious, tiring and glorious first 4 days of my mini-sabbatical. I left for Israel on Monday morning and we arrived here on Tuesday about 4:30 pm local time. I was able to sleep some on the 10 hour flight and I still had no trouble sleeping thru the night Tuesday. Wednesday morning we wanted no time getting started on our adventure. We boarded our bus and headed out of Jerusalem to Masada, En Gedi, Qumran where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. Then we went to the Dead Sea where floated in the salty water. I even found a camel there to ride. We got back to the hotel in Jerusalem and ate our evening meal then we had a worship and praise time before turning in for the night. Thursday we headed to old Jerusalem (City of David). We walked through Hezekiah’s tunnels. We also went to the Temple Mount and the Western Wall. We also went to tunnels that run along the Western Walls under the Temple Mount. It was a long and exhausting day, but totally worth it. Tomorrow we will walk in the footsteps of Jesus.