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Nov 5 2009, 08:00 AM
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“Prophecy is not something you just read about in the Bible – it’s something we can participate in. We can bring the fulfillment of prophecy,” he explained, adding that the Fellowship has brought more than 350,000 persons home to Israel in the past 15 years as part of its Wings of Eagles program.
RESETTLEMENT DINNER TOPIC: Three youths who made aliyah to Israel and graduated from a subsequent resettlement program for immigrants sponsored by the Fellowship and the Jewish Agency spoke at the Fellowship’s evening dinner. They included Roman Vaizman, who made aliyah from Kazakhstan three years ago and is a commander in Israel’s Defense Force; Vanessa Olivero Moreno, who made aliyah in 2007 and currently serves in the IDF Air Force Unit; and Hadas Trongo Yosef, who made aliyah from Ethiopia in 1983 and studied architecture at the Bezalel Academy in Jerusalem. Entertainment was provided by 13 youths from Netanya.
DIPLOMATIC ACTION NEEDED: David Baker, senior foreign press coordinator of the State of Israel Prime Minister’s Office, told an after- breakfast gathering of the Journey Home Tour that the nuclear weapons program of Iran is Israel’s No. 1 threat. “People want to hurt us, inflict terror upon us,” he stated, insisting, “Now is the time for fierce, fierce diplomatic action.” Noting that his two teen-age daughters have not seen peace in their lifetime, Baker quickly added that neither has a 62-year-old living in Israel. He thanked Journey Home participants – mostly Americans – for visiting Israel: “We look for our friends to come be with us – to laugh with us in the good times and cry with us in the sad times.”
SIGHTSEEING STOPS: Tour members walked down the Mount of Olives before observing the world’s holiest Jewish Cemetery, the Garden of Gethsemane, the Upper Room, King David Tomb, and the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City.
THRILL OF THE DAY: To everyone’s delight, a camel interrupted the taking of the official 2009 photograph of the Journey Home Tour. Petting, riding or being photographed with the camel was a first for most tour participants, prompting Melissa Webb of Bainbridge, Ga., to be thrilled to cross off one of the three remaining items on her Bucket List (a wish list of personal accomplishments).
SMALL WORLD DEPARTMENT: Cathy Brown and Sandra Lloyd had to travel to Israel to discover that they live 10 minutes away from each other in Fordyce, Ark. The two vow to continue their new friendship in their hometown.
DAY FIVE’S ITINERARY: Friday’s itinerary will include visits to the Western Wall, where tour participants will be intercessors for the thousands of prayer requests from Fellowship donors; the Via Dolorosa, the mile-long route with markers depicting the final mortal journey of Jesus; the Church of the Holy Sepulcher; and the Garden Tomb, where a communion service will be conducted.
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