Visitors in Israel

And once again we have had visitors in Israel.  Twenty Two years ago we brought our four children to Israel and are having the privilege of hosting two of them and their families here at our home away from home.  How precious to have your children (Tracy this time), and their families (Dean and Torrey) here for a week!  We have had a wonderful time.  I'm sure it will take them a month to recover from this trip.

Their adventure began OK with a safe flight over from Houston on British Air.  However, in typical Melton fashion (this year) they arrived without luggage.  We lost one bag when we came over in February, our grand children (Jeffrey and Kristin) lost two bags when they came over later in February, and the Townsends lost all three of their bags last week.  We are waiting to see how many bags Laurie and Amanda lose when they come at the end of April!  One, two, three ... sounds fair that they should lose 4.  That will be a neat trick since they are only bringing two!  We shall see.  FYI all bags arrived the next day!!!

The Townsends did the usual Melton Israel Tour on Speed!  We went to Galilee and spent the night (we had an extra day off while they were here), visited the Galilee sites, came back to Jerusalem through Nazareth, Mt Carmel and Caesarea.  We then went to the Dead Sea and Masada with them, celebrated Torrey's birthday and Judy and I worked the rest of the time they were here.  Judy did take them into the Old City and up onto the Mount of Olives.  They did some things on their own and had a personal guide for one day in the Old City. 

British Air went on strike which stranded them in London for two days but they "should" be on their way home tonight.  We absolutely had a wonderful time with them.  Sharing our land with family and loved ones is one of our favorite things to do.

As you can see from the pictures - fun was had by one and all!!

Boat on the Sea of Galilee - we did not go on it.

 On Mt. Carmel

 On the Beach at Caesarea

On Masada

Feet in the Dead Sea