Day 1: Part 2

Greetings again, folks...

We have arrived in Tel Aviv and are now in our hotel in Natanya.

I am posting a video compiled from our stopover in Philadelphia yesterday prior to our plane ride to Tel Aviv.  This video is just a short clip  about our layover.

Keep in mind that the early stages of this pilgrimage the group has not yet bonded.  That is why you will see in the early stages only two or three or four people together at one time.  As time goes on, you  will see, even from your vantage point back home, the group beginning to bond in the common experience of the dramatic encounter with Jesus Christ.

Here is the clip from Tuesday in Philly:



Our trip turned out to be a lot longer than planned.

We were in the air and 30 minutes out of Philadelphia when they asked for a doctor to come to row 25. That is never a good sign. It turns out that a 16 year old young man, traveling alone to Tel Aviv, had severe abdominal pains. It appears that they suspected appendicitis and turned the plane around back to Philly. The paramedics came on board and took him to the hospital, but we do not know the outcome. As a result, we were two hours late getting into Tel Aviv.

We are in our hotel now in Tel Aviv...we had a wonderful dinner with Fr. Peter tonight and we are all trying to adjust our body clocks. About two hours before we arrived here, we had breakfast on the plane...our body clocks were in the Dallas 8:00 am Time Zone. When we got here a couple of hours later, it was basically dinner time. Pictures and video, hopefull, for day 2 when I can.

Tomorrow starts the real pilgrimage as we venture to Caesarrea, Haifa, and finally to the Mt. of Beatitudes. We all appreciate your prayers.