From the monthly archives:

September 2009

The Speech of the Century

30 September 2009

I know many speeches are still to come in this century, but it’s at least the speech of the decade.  Last week Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of Israel, delivered a speech to the United Nations that is the best snapshot of the Israeli/Arab conflict that I have ever heard.  The speech is so strong [...]

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Sifting Treasures

26 September 2009

My friend, Mare, and I did something new a couple of days ago.  We walked from the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem to east Jerusalem where the Israel Antiquities Authority has a salvage project going on. About ten years ago an illicit construction project occurred under the southeast corner of the Temple [...]

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Websites and Holidays!

20 September 2009

Just wanted to say on this beautiful Rosh Hashana morning how grateful I am for my new website and also give a little glimpse into our exciting festivities for the holiday. (“Exciting” is a grandiose word for what we did, but we had fun!)
First of all I want to give a HUGE shout out to [...]

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L’shanah Tovah! (Have a good year!)

18 September 2009

I absolutely LOVE this time of year for so many reasons.  Here are a few:

The mornings are crisp and cool.
The long, hot, dry Israeli summer is drawing to a close.
The fall Biblical feasts are rich with meaning and so fun!
I only have five more weeks until I see my family and friends in Dallas!
We don’t [...]

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Destiny Joy Vandeput is 26!

17 September 2009

Twenty-six years old…oh my goodness, it seems like just a few minutes ago we were driving to a park in Dallas to get Destiny’s bridal pictures made. What a fun time! God had done such a life-changing transformation in our little girl just a year before at Gateways Beyond in Cyprus. She came home a [...]

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