August 16, 2008 10:00 by AIA Teams

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Israel Team: Coming Home

We're at the gate in Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.  What an experience this trip has been!  Friendships, new understandings of God's word, and a brand new appreciation for the chaos that basketball players abroad face on a day-to-day basis.  This last day in the Holy Land was very s... [More]

August 14, 2008 10:18 by AIA Teams

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Israel Team: Galilee

We traveled from Bethlehem & Jerusalem to Tel Aviv and then up the coast to Caesarea.  There we toured Herod the Great's theater, Hippodrome and Palace.  This was an unbelievable place, yet it is said that he never lived there.  This is where Paul made his defense of the faith.... [More]

August 12, 2008 18:14 by aia teams

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Team Israel: On to Galilee!

Our time in Bethlehem & Jerusalem is finished. We leave this morning. Since we are waiting on the bus I have time to send this entry. The tournament went very well with Jarred Soles leading his team to the championship last night. All of our players represented AIA very well. There was a double... [More]

August 10, 2008 10:49 by AIA Teams

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Israel, Days 3-5; The Negev, A Desert full of Green Pastures, Living Water and a Paranoid King

Hey everybody... Life in the Middle East is well. I can't believe only a week has gone by, there has been so much going on it's hard to put into words.  We've been having discipleship/learning/historical times in the mornings and afternoons, and then in the evenings we play games.  The ba... [More]

August 8, 2008 02:42 by AIA Teams

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Day Two : Israel Team - Stones, Waiting and an Olive Press.

Day Two and we are off and running!  With the intensity of the heat and the strength of our legs, we climbed up a steep ridgeline to view all of the Valley of Elah near Gath.  Elah is the famous battle site where little David fought a giant named Goliath.   It was here we realize... [More]