First Journey

Thoughts from today:
-The Bible is real, it is not a virtual reality.
-Abner's advice:
1. Be flexible
2. Terrorism, car accidents, and international disasters are not the greatest threat to IBEX, the students are. They can be the greatest threat and asset to the program.
3. Believe it. You have to believe what you hear
--For many of us it will be our first and last time to go certain places
4. Engage
--for example, in the land

-First Hebrew song we sang:
Hodu l'Adonai ki tov => 'Because God is good
Ki le'olam chasdo => His mercy endures forever.'
(2x)

Hodu, hodu
Hodu, hodu
Hodu l'Adonai Ki tov
(2x)

--This is from Ps 136:1 "Give thanks to the LORD, for he is good.
His love endures forever."
-Being in the land where the Bible took place makes us:
1. Motivated
2. Aids us

We walked to Qiryat Ye'arim (pronounced Kerat Yereem)
-Ark of the covenant was taken on cart but failed and then the people took it on their shoulders.
-Stayed at Qiryat Ye'arim for over 100 years
-Account is found in 2 Samuel 7

We then walked to Abu Gosh (pronounced Aboo Go-ash)
-Went in a Catholic church built by the Crusaders and is 900 yrs old
-Sang another Hebrew song (great acustics)

Kadaosh, Kadoash, Kadaosh => Holy, Holy, Holy
Adonai, Elohem => God, God
Tsa va ot => Host of heaven

--It is from Isaiah 6:3 "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory!"

Tomorrow is the first trip to Jerusalem