Father Dave's Journal

posted: Friday, February 15th, 2000

Everyone is fine and having a great time. The hotels are top shelf, really top shelf.  Balconies that overlook the mediterranean sea or the sea of Galilee.  Excellent food and lots of laughs.  Arriving in Chicago, we even became part of a movie shoot at O'Hare airport. UNCONDITIONAL LOVE is the name of the movie and it stars Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett, and Dan Akroyd.  Some of our people, Margie Patterson and Delores Zenz where grabbed as extras in a crowd scene.

Both the flight to Milan italy and Tel Aviv were smooth.  We have had mass at The Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth, The Mount of the Beatitudes in Galilee and at the top of Mount Tabor at the Church of the Transfiguration.  The weather has been okay, there has been some rain, but the weather is warm.  We landed at Tel Aviv and it was 83 degrees.  The waord is you folks got some snow.  O well.

Finding the Cybercafes is hard because they close for the Sabbath and in some places they don't even hve them at all.  This one is in the lobby of our hotel in Jerusalem.

That is it for now. I wish you all a Happy Valentine's Day.  One
last thing we have a guide on our trip who is the BEST. His name is Moesha and he is very well informed on all aspects of the history.  We miss you all and shovel a sidewalk for us, OK.

Father Dave Timmerman