This is after being on a plane for 14 hours...we were so ready to be there....Amy had her pillow blown up before we ever left JFK airport... She is soooo strong.. Nothing bothers her. I think it helps her husband is an US-AIR pilot.... She flys all the time... I am a bundle of nerves....lol(Sorry it has taken me so long to start blogging but during our trip I caught a nasty cold from one of the guys in our group and when I got home I went to sleep and thats all I want to do is sleep..... I have no energy!!!! I didn't realize how little we slept on this trip.. We didn't want to miss anything...)
Wanted to share some of what God was sharing with me on the plane ride to Tel AvivIt was on Faith:
Only in the one true God does FAITH find a trustworthy refuge.....Faith is of little valve when maintained merely as an attitude of the heart......wow..(.God knew that I was going to need to hear this..) We must always be willing to demonstrate the vitality of our FAITH by acting on the basis of what we believe. Ask yourself today what is it that you truly believe??????? Is your FAITH merely an attitude of your heart??? I believe my FAITH was merely an attitude of my heart!!!! Oh how I want to change that.......
Finally daylight: We flew in the dark for what seemed like forever.....I was blown away by the size of our plane... It holds close to 500 people and they overbooked our flight by 20 people... It was a miserable flight. 
This was a very emotional moment for me. Below was Tel Aviv!!!!! I was teary eyed and praising God that we were there!!!!!! I couldn't believe that we were in Israel...The apple of God's eye!!!!! People say when you visit Israel that you have to be invited by God himself; and when you arrive you literally touch the apple of God's eye!!!!! I believe that with all my heart!!!!
As the plane pointed eastward, making its way toward the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, my heart pounded........I felt like a part of me was arriving home for the very first time in my life.. I was going home!!!!!! I know now that one visit will not be enough....I will never be the same again... 
Our plane 747 double Decker... Never seen a plane that had an upstairs......
Hebrew writing....on the sign...... It blew me away to learn that 3 prophesies had already come true from the bible in relation to Israel.1) A pure language......The ancient Hebrew language had been dead for thousands of years. But with the return of the nation, the Hebrew language became revived and became the official language of the state....
Zephaniah 3: 8-10; "For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, (even) the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering."
2) The return...The Jewish people were dispersed for over 1,900 years. It is a super-natural happening of our age they are returning from all over the world to their home land just as the bible predicts.....
Ezekiel 20:34; "I will bring you from the nations and gather you from the countries where you have been scattered---with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with out poured wrath.."
3) The Shekel.... After nearly 2,000 years the shekel has been reinstated as the common monetary unit in Israel, just as predicted.....(our dollar is becoming weaker and weaker)
Ezekiel 45: 12-16; "The shekel is to consist of twenty gerahs. Twenty shekels plus twenty-five shekels plus fifteen shekels equal one Mina.......All the people of the land will participate in this special gift for the use of the prince in Israel."
The shekel is increasing in valve...it is already more valuable than the dollar....
Amy wanted to make sure that I shared with you how I flew for at least half of the trip with one sock on and one sock off. Of course we had a medical emergency on the flight...... One passenger passed out and hit her head. Amy and I went to the back of the plane to see if they needed help since the pilot came over the speaker and asked if there were any medical personal on board........ Amy took the time to put her shoes on but not me, I only had my socks on and stepped in throw-up!!!! lol... the person was fine..thank God and I had to go with out one of my socks for the rest of the trip... This is how I arrived in Israel...one sock on and one sock off....lol From that moment on, nothing in Israel looked normal to me...... Every site that we went to and every stone that we saw had a spirtiual message just for me.... I journaled myself silly... There is something that happened to Amy and I while we were there. It happened in the deepest part of our spirits... and I pray that we are able to share with you through our blogging just some of the spiritual revelations unique to Israel's sacred destinations.............let us touch the apple of God's eye together!!!!!!!!! so that none of us will ever be the same again.............
1 JOHN 1:1;
We write you now about what has always existed, which we have heard, we have seen with our own eyes, we have looked at, and we have touched with our hands......
Through this trip I have fell into the bible literally....and I have fallen in love with God all over again......
I will write about Day one in Israel tomorrow; we stayed in Netanya and the very next morning traveled to Haifa....
Blessings,
Robbie
