Greetings from Israel!!!

Hello everyone!  Shalom!  Greetings from Israel!   We are technically 8 hours ahead of you guys so my dates and times may be confusing.  Our flights yesterday were uneventful, praise the Lord.  I thought it would be a long flight when before our first of 3 flights, the flight attendant said, "Be prepared for a very rough flight...the flight here was horrible." When the flight attendant says that, you know it will be bad.  But the Lord answers prayers and it was not bad at all.  We arrived here at 3 p.m. yesterday which was about 7 a.m. Memphis time.  We are staying at the Baptist House in Jerusalem.  About the time we got here yesterday they started celebrating their Sabbath so everything was shutting down but we did get to go to a really cool restaurant (don't know the name, it was in Hebrew).  We (all 13 of us) are staying in a 3 bedroom apartment here for the next couple of days and we will be doing some manual work (painting, gardening etc.) for the Prayer Center here in Jerusalem.  I will have to give the you the story behind this prayer center later....really cool!  We are working with some mi*****aries here that have twice been retired from their work and the Lord still can't keep them away from here.  In their 70's they have such a heart for the Lord.  We enjoyed getting to talk to them and hear their stories last night at dinner.  They say that we are a God send to them so we will see what He has in store.  We are going to church in just a few minutes and excited about that.  We miss you all from home.  Please continue checking for updates (as long as we have free internet that is).