It was the first time I experienced the rain in Bethlehem. I didn’t

think much of it at the time, but in retrospect, there was something special about rain falling on God’s Land as we call it in our home (our children do not yet

know of Israel and Palestine, they only know of God’s Land.) It is late and I know I am waxing poetic, so please forgive the romanticism.

Back to

business, Tomorrow we will be delivering gifts. We initially wanted to deliver gifts on Monday and today, but most schools are closed because of a Muslim holiday.

We knew this prior to coming to Bethlehem, so we modified our plans and headed off to Jerusalem during the day. In the evening went to pay for the Christmas gifts we

will be delivering tomorrow.

In Jerusalem, we had the opportunity to visit the Mount of Olives, Bethany, Gethsemane and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.

We’ve been recording songs we’ve sang at some of the locations we’ve visited and we’re hoping to upload some mp3 files before we return to the States- The

acoustics in some of the ancient churches are just amazing, we can’t wait to share the audio.

By the way, we may be recording a radio interview tomorrow

for a national show. We were contacted today, so we’ll see how it goes. That should be at 8pm Jerusalem time (1pm EST) so please pray for us at that time.

Afterwards, one of our team members was invited to a bazaar to help needy local families at a nearby church. Perhaps we will head over there if we can.

I

wish I could write more, but it is already 1am here and it’s been a long night. I can’t wait for tomorrow’s update!