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Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) The first 9 lessons learned from James and Florence’s trip to Israel are: LESSON #1 of 10 – SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT TIRED! LESSON #2 of 10 – THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU EXPECT… LESSON #3 of 10 – CHOOSING GOD’S WILL MAKES US A LOT LIKE [...]

Florence Mackenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #9 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel WHEN YOU’RE LOST, THERE’S ONLY ONE WHO CAN RESCUE YOU… It was the last day of our trip. We had been shopping for last-minute souvenirs in Jerusalem and had headed back to our bus which was to take us [...]

LESSON #8 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel Our guide had taken us to the traditional site of the house of Caiaphas, the high priest, where Jesus was taken following His betrayal. We were shown a pit inside the house where Jesus might possibly have spent some time between his arrest and [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #7 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel PEOPLE MAKE ALL THE DIFFERENCE Our trip to Israel just wouldn’t have been the same without the other members of our tour group. If we had gone on our own, we would have missed out on lots of things, including meeting [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #6 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel If you like ancient history, Israel is the place to be! There are numerous excavations of communities which existed thousands of years ago. Megiddo is no exception.  On the second day of our trip to Israel, our tour group [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) Lessons learned to date from James and Florence’s trip to Israel: LESSON #1 of 10 – SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO IT TIRED! LESSON #2 of 10 – THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU EXPECT… LESSON #3 of 10 – CHOOSING GOD’S WILL MAKES US A LOT LIKE JESUS LESSON [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #4 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel IT MAKES SENSE TO FOLLOW THE LEADER Ever played “follow the leader” when you were a kid? I remember playing this game at birthday parties with my little friends and we had great fun trying to copy everything the [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #3 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel CHOOSING GOD’S WILL MAKES US A LOT LIKE JESUS. On any trip to Israel, visiting the Garden of Gethsemane is a must-do. As soon as you enter the Garden, which is located on the Mount of Olives, you leave [...]

Florence Mackenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) LESSON #2 of 10 from James and Florence’s trip to Israel THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS WHAT YOU EXPECT… Ever had a picture in your mind of what something or someone was like and then discovered that the reality was completely different to what you had imagined? I remember a few years [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) A couple of years ago, James and Florence MacKenzie went on a trip to Israel hosted by Stuart, Jill and Pete Briscoe of Telling the Truth.  Here is the first of 10 lessons Florence learned while in the Holy Land.  LESSON #1 of 10 SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO DO [...]