Day 6: Magdala
Staff Blogger: Gretchen Colón, Vice President of Advancement & Communications *This blog was written by Gretchen Colón on Thursday, Feb. 15 local time. The beautiful and ancient city of Magdala sits just at the base of the Mount Arbel and was discovered in 2006 A.D. Because it had been covered for so long, it is […]
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Our EO Leader, FJ
Staff Blogger: Gretchen Colón, Vice President of Advancement & Communications As we continue our travel, I pause with gratitude for our EO trip leader, FJ. We met FJ at the airport when we arrived in Israel – many of us for the first time. FJ greeted us with the warmest hospitality and he had a smile […]
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Day 5: Cana
Staff Blogger: Gretchen Colón, Vice President of Advancement & Communications *This blog was written by Gretchen Colón on Wednesday, Feb. 14 local time. We began the morning with the story of the wedding at Cana. We walked down a narrow street that was lined with fresh fruit markets and saw the church that remembers the […]
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