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Journey into the Light

1/24/2025

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​“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle

“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu

“We are told to let our light shine, and if it does, we won’t need to tell anybody it does. Lighthouses don’t fire cannons to call attention to their shining – they just shine.” ― Dwight L. Moody

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Cape Town South African Voices

7/4/2024

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Cape Town South Africa

6/29/2024

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Traveling 20 hours to Cape Town, South Africa was worth it.  Touring the breath-taking scenery, and natural beauty was nature at its best.  The people were friendly, kind and welcomed us with open arms.  We worked mostly every day with Send Relief, Woodstock Baptist Church and other organizations.  The youth also helped. We improved the living conditions at a Senior Housing: painting, hanging curtains, sprucing the landscape and other things.  We also fed the homeless and other needs.  Seeing the smiles and joy on their faces was a blessing.
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“Be a beacon of light in someone’s darkness.”
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Paris 2022 -Rick Steves Tour

7/21/2022

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Historic Heart of Paris

Medieval Gothic churches: the resilient and legendary Notre-Dame and the exquisite Sainte-Chapelle, and Latin Quarter
 
Montmartre, Seine Cruise, and Sacré-Cœur Basilica.  
 
Marais District and the Louvre
Europe's greatest museum where with the works of Raphael, Delacroix, and Leonardo and timeless treasures including the Mona Lisa, Winged Victory, Venus de Milo, and hundreds more.
 
Château de Versailles
The elaborate palace that Louis XIV, XV, and XVI called home. Dazzling Hall of Mirrors and other sumptuous rooms of the palace
 
Masterpieces of Paris
The Orsay Museum, home to the world's greatest collection of Impressionist art with works from Monet and Degas to Cézanne and Gauguin and beyond

The Orangerie Museum, featuring Monet's magnificent water lilies and other fine works by Renoir, Matisse, Picasso, and more.
 

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South of France -2016

7/28/2016

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Loved it!  French family, chic resorts, delicious seafood, café, cappuccino, old villages, music, love, bling, beautiful scenery, wide sweeping bay and golden beaches!  My second home!
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Israel Journey (September 1 - 10, 2015)

9/19/2015

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This spiritual journey was not only for me but for my mother who recently passed away.  She always wished to visit Israel; nevertheless, she was with me the whole time.  This was a cathartic experience; tears of love, peace and happiness flowed when I was at the Wailing Wall/Western Wall, crossing the Sea of Galilee and Baptism in the Jordan River.  Each site I visited brought me closer and closer to God, my Lord and Savior.

The devotional guidance was tremendous, which took me on a biblical as well as a historical journey.   Reading biblical verses in reference to several sites set the tone.  “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119:105)   On the tour bus, we sung, praised, and worshipped in spirit and truth.  

The journey was incredible, spectacular and simply a blessing.  It gave me new meaning to my life and also a different perspective about the tension between factions.  I heard the facts and both sides before judging.  It takes a lot of energy to hate and less to love.  “And now abides faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” (Corinthians 13:13)

 At the end of this journey, I am still singing:   “What a Mighty God we Serve.”  “Worthy is the Lamb.”  “This is the Air I Breathe,”   "Oh Happy Day," and “You Are the Living Word.”   One word sums up this experience/journey, WOW!


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Old Jerusalem - Days of Jesus 2000 years ago
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Bar Mitzvah Ceremony and Celebration
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Remains of Jerusalem main street running the length of the Western Wall in the late Second Temple period
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King Herod the Great site
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Overlooking the Sea of Galilee
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Capernaum Synagogue
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Capernaum - Jesus years of ministry and Peter's home
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Capernaum Synagogue
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Peter statue in Capernaum
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Original Fisherman Boat - 2000 years old
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Boat cruise on the Sea of Galilee, a cathartic moment
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Sea of Galilee
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Mount of Beatitudes
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Pilgrim Tour Group
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Baptism in the Jordan River
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Bethlehem first woman Mayor Vera Baboun
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Imitation Starbucks in Bethlehem- missed my Lattes but had delicious cappuccinos at the hotels
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I loved the Mediterranean Cuisine.
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Jericho
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A man from Jericho styled this scarf for my head.
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Israel jazz musician was awesome!
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Qumran Cave- Remains of Dead Sea Scrolls written by the Essenes( about 825 to 870 separate scrolls biblical & non-biblical - 9 copies of the Book of Isaiah, 25 copies of Deuteronomy and 30 copies of the Psalms, Prophecies by Ezekiel, Jeremiah and Daniel not found in the Bible)
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Israeli Museum, collections of centuries old Israeli artifacts including the Dead Sea Scrolls, not allowed to take pictures inside
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Cable car ride to Masada
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Ein Gedi (Spring of Goat) David fled here and hid (Samuel 24)
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Masada - King Herod the Great mountaintop fortress
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Met a new friend at Masada
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Ein Gedi (Spring of Goat)
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Wailing Wall/Western Wall
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Feeling safe and secure
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Bet-She' an Hippodrome
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View of the Dead Sea ,formerly Sodom and Gomorrah, no living creatures, lowest place on the earth
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Bet She'an was a major Biblical city. King Saul's body was displayed on its walls after his defeat by the Philistines.
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Bet-She' an Roman Amphitheatre
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Michael (Mickey) Nikolaev, awesome Tour Guide, discusses brief biblical history!
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Nazareth Village
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Jerusalem - The Dome of the Rock and south looking at El-Aksa Mosque. Both are built on top of Mount Moriah,The Temple Mount.
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Dan's Gate
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Northern site of Kingdom of Israel - Tribe of Dan
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Presumably where Jesus was born in Bethlehem - Star of David
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The men take the journey with Pat, helping her through each step. Patience, Kindness and Love
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King Agrippa II Palace
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Megiddo/Armageddon
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King Ahab Tunnel
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A extremely unpleasant Dust Storm, so I had to wear a mask.
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Garden of Gethsemane at the foot of Mount Olives
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On Mt. Zion, ruins of the House of Caiaphas, Jewish High Priest
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Golgotha - Place of the Skull
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Via Dolorosa, Jesus Tomb
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The Garden Tomb
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Pastor Allen serving Communion/Last Supper
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Prague

8/14/1994

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Old Town Hall and Astronomical Clock, Franz Kafka Museum, St. Vitus Cathedral,  Charles Bridge

Great coffee places:  Muj salek kavy, Café Lounge, and I Need Coffee, EMA Espresso Bar

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Vienna Austria

8/9/1994

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St. Stephen's Cathedral, Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna Secession, Burgtheater, Hofburg Palace and  Schonbrunn Palace.   Coffee is not only drunk in Vienna, it is also roasted here.  "Vienna without coffee would be like a latte without foam."

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Oslo & Bergen, Norway

8/3/1994

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Royal Palace, Holmenkollen, Bygdoy Island and the beautiful, breathtaking Fjords

Norwegians love their coffee and artisan coffee bars are not the place to ask for decaf.  Recommended coffee scenes in Oslo:  Tim Wendelboe, Mocca Kaffebar & Brenneri,  Stockfleths Lille Grensen

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Annecy France (Rhone Alpes Region)

7/26/1994

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Famous sites:  Pont des Amours (the lover’s bridge), the Imperial Palace, the baroque Cathedral of Saint-Pierre and Rue Royale with great shopping, dining and people-watching.  Stop in Cafe les Ducs (Cafe of the Dukes) for cappuccino. 
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