Personal travel stories from Lifetree Adventures

Blessings in Israel
by Lois Hunt

Our Lifetree Adventure trip to Israel was a real blessing. We landed in Tel Aviv, spent one night there, then it was on to Tiberias where we spent two nights. While there we saw and did many things but the one experience that was so meaningful to me was to be baptized in the Jordan River. After leaving Tiberias we went to Jerusalem where we stayed for the rest of the trip. Jerusalem is a beautiful city with gardens on rooftops, on balconies, in window boxes and everywhere you go. All the buildings are made of Jerusalem stone and all slanted rooftops are the same red brick color. It is beautiful to see.

Our last four days in Israel we did service work in Jerusalem. We painted two rooms at the largest preschool. They were so pleased with our work! We then went to the food bank and met people from all over the world. What a wonderful experience ministering to the Jewish people by meeting a very basic need - food. While we were there, our group also had the opportunity to make cheer baskets for children to be given to them for their birthday and while sick or in the hospital.

We loved it all and want to encourage you to go to Israel with Lifetree Adventures - it will change something in you!

My favorite parts were basically everything...
by Victoria Williams

This Lifetree Adventure experience was educational, fun, and spiritually fulfilling. I am inspired to learn more about Israel and the Jewish roots I never knew I had as a Christian. I cannot walk where Jesus walked and not be changed, and not want to be changed.

My favorite parts of the tour were basically everything with many highlights such as: being baptized in the Jordan River, seeing and touching the places where Jesus once was, the camel ride, the Dead Sea, and the service work. I was baptized as an infant but rejected the idea that I needed to be baptized again as an adult for many years, because I believed in one baptism. Being baptized in the Jordan River makes that a settled issue for me once and for all, it really showed me that there is something to being baptized as an adult. The baptism and touching and seeing the places of my Savior were all spiritually fulfilling. The camel ride, the Dead Sea, and the adventure aspects were simply fun and very relaxing. It was such a pleasure serving the people of Israel through Lifetree Adventures.