Travel
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Neve Shalom-More Historic Than the White House?
I was told of a 2 day Bible conference being held in Neve Shalom this weekend. I’m planning on going, leaving tomorrow after work. Neve Shalom is a small community about 25km West of Jerusalem. Do you know where Neve Shalom is? Neither did I,…
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Christmas Eve in Bethlehem, 2011
Preamble Checking out of my hostel the morning of Christmas Eve was a bit of an ordeal. When I had arrived at the hostel the night before they didn’t honor my reservation. He said my reservation was for a “mattress on the roof” (not what…
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December 23rd – Jerusalem, the Old City, the Wailing Wall and the Church of the Sepulcher
Friday after lunch two other volunteers and myself headed for Jerusalem. After catching four different rides via hitch-hiking, we arrived (hitch-hiking is more common in Israel, they even have specially marked turn-out lanes to pickup hitch-hikers). After arriving and checking into my hostel, the afternoon/evening/night…
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Be’er Sheva
In the Bible it’s spelled Beersheba. Either way, I went there this evening. It’s about a half hour drive from Nir Oz, similar to a trip up to Newton back home. I went with several volunteers and a Kibbutznik (and his girlfriend). There are some…
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London, England
I had a long layover in Heathrow so went downtown to explore. Here are a few pics… This is the train station in Central London: Seemed like everyone was either out walking or riding their bikes: I wanted to try making the guards at Buckingham…
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Kibbutz Nir Oz
That’s where I am now. I’m excited about the next few months, think they’ll be fun. Despite the name “Near Oz,” it’s actually nearer to the Gaza strip. In fact, I can see into the Gaza strip from here. All the other volunteers (about 8…
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When Was the Last Time You Went Road Tripping?
Summary of Last Three Weeks I’m just home from a three week Western America road trip. I spent a week driving out to the coast, a week visiting my brother in Oregon, and a week driving back to Kansas. On the trip I was up…
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Homeward Bound
I’m in the Chicago O’Hare airport getting ready to spend another night sleeping in the terminal. Oh joy. So I didn’t kiss the ground when I got off the plane in Miami, but did step outside to bask in the aura of freedom and prosperity…
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DR Update and… Are There Benefits to Being Materially Poor?
I just snapped this picture. It is the view out the double doors in my bedroom: I think it’s technically jungle around here, but it seems to me more like “jungly forest” if there is such a thing. Oh, and I can see the ocean…
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Update from the Dominican Republic
Food, Food, Wonderful Food One of the difficult things about this trip has been not eating foods I’m used to. For the first couple weeks in Haiti I ate lots of rice and beans. Then when I got to Dominican Republic, a Latin American country,…