At least Olivia can see where she is going...

 

The Popsicles are great too !!

 

The Ice Cream Bars in Israel are the Best!!

 

 

 

You can click on any of these pictures to enlarge them

 

 

 

 

The "Spitfire"

 

The Avia S-199, The IAF purchased 25 of these and smuggled them into the Land,on May 29, 1948 they went out to their first mission.

 

I don't mind "Little Planes" when they are Grounded!!

 

The Whole family takes a "Ride"

 

We All enjoyed the Israeli Air Force Museum

 

A 500 year old Tamerisk tree like Abraham planted

 

The Ladies at the Well

 

With Olivia at Abraham's Well in Beer Sheva

 

Holding to the Horn of the Israelite Altar found and reconstructed at the Tel

 

Climbing out of the Water System

 

Getting ready to explore the Ancient Water System

 

A view of the modern city of Beer Sheva from the ruins of the Ancient City

 

Standing in the Gate of Tel Beer Sheva

 

At the Bloomfield Science Museum

 

Benjamin explores at En Hemed

 

Our Blessings, These Ladies have Blessed our Family beyond Measure!!

 

Just relaxing at Yad HaShmona

 

Stomping the"Grapes"

 

At the Olive Press

 

Olivia likes pretty Flowers

 

Joshua loves the Animals

 

Inside the Tomb of Dan

 

They're Lovin' It !!

 

A Playground Break

 

A Modern Train now runs through this Ancient Biblical Valley

 

Katie Connects

 

I Enjoy My Turn

 

A Special Moment

 

She warms up a Bit

 

Olivia is not Too Sure

 

The Dog get a ride on the Horse's Back

 

Joshua Plays with the Cowboy's Dog

 

The Boys Enjoy Their Time with this 2 Month Old Colt

 

An Israeli Horse trainer (Cowboy) sees us on the Tel and brings His Horses for a Visit

 

My Boys enjoy this Area where Samson was Born and was Buried

 

A Broken Ancient Manger at Tel Beit Shemesh

 

The Valley of Soreq where Samson killed the Lion and burned the Barley Fields of the Philistines by setting the Foxes Tails on Fire

 

A look Toward the Modern City from the Ancient Cityof Beit Shemesh

 

Olivia Picking up her 5 Smooth Stones

 

In the Elah Valley where David killed Goliath

 

The Trio Singing in the service this past weekend

 

Marybeth, Katie,Stacey and April near the Garden Tomb

 

With Mrs. Balian of The Armenian Ceramics

 

The Tomb is Empty

 

The Boys Looking down into the Cistern inside the Garden

"The Place of the Skull" taken today April 17, 06

 

Our Precious Girl at the Garden Tomb

 

Joshua Sounds the Shofar on Ben Yehuda Street

 

All Clear! Hallelujah!!!

 

A Robot checks out a Suspicious Package Sunday Afternoon

 

This would have been a Perfect Picture

 

Lamb at Abu Ghosh

 

Weak and Weary

 

The Tour Guide at Work

 

Braving the Swollen River!!

 

I Just Can't Walk Another Step

 

On the Top of Masada

 

Can't get Much Closer than This

 

Ibex with their Young

 

David's Waterfall at En Gedi

 

It did not look so Deep!

 

A Swimming Hole!!!

 

Hind's Feet on High Places

 

Happy Passover!!!

 

Olivia and Daddy

 

Shalom Ya'll

 

The Deacon and St. Peter's Fish

 

The Ruins of Peter's home

 

Memorial to the Victims of Terror

 

Banias

 

Tabgha

 

Heroes

 

The Gang In the Synagogue

 

Joshua River in Capernaum

 

Benjamin Judah in Capernaum

 

Bro. West thinks He's riding a Horse

Cleaning up the newly discovered Pool of Siloam

 

The Pesach leaven Law posted in the Old City

 

Sometimes they act like they love each other!!

 

Sister West is "Watching on the Walls"

 

The Dome of the Spirit

Many believe that this dome sits over the Foundation stone that the Ark of the Covenant sat on. 

Sitting in a look out in the ancient walls

 

I will meet you in the Morning........

 

In Front of the Dome

 

Inside the Eastern Gate, on the Temple Mount

 

Jerusalem celebrates Palm Sunday

 

The Sisters

 

My sweetie and I 

The Brothers in front of the new ramp leading onto the Temple Mount beside the Western Wall. 

A Goat head is prepared by a kosher butcher at the shuk.He had fun with all of us as we gathered around to take his picture. 

A bust of Binyamin Theodore Herzl(1860-1904) in the new Herzl Center Museum at Mt. Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem. It is a wonderful experiential and interactive museum. Herzl is credited as the Father of Modern Zionism. 

God has been so good to me!!

 

Me and My Girl

 

"Feed My Sheep"

 

Olivia Zion Shelley

 

 

The West family at Gideon's Spring