New Summer, New Adventure

Recap of last two weeks.
*Memorial Day weekend: Move out of Des Plaines, Thanks best Small Group Ever + Hills! Put out belongings into storage, fly to Stacey's house (coworker and friend from Unity)

*First Week of June: Say Goodbye to friends, students and Unity family and fly to Florida

*Second Week in June: Enjoy Florida (Dana and Taylor's wedding was beyond Beautiful!) fly back to Chicago, pack our car and drive to Ohio...which leads us to Shreve..


Needless to say the Yoder's are in a transition period. Tyler is starting a Ph.D at The Ohio State University this fall and I am currently on the hunt for a teaching job...any leads??

Meanwhile we just settled in to my parent's basement, we have arranged it and I think it will do the job for the time being.

It took a little bit of organization to make the basement feel like an apartment. Mostly because our room used to be my brother's room. I don't think that boy ever threw anything away. He has like every Sports Illustrated since the time he could read...He always was big on "It'll be worth something some day." Taylor, his new bride, I am sure will be quick to remind him that the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure," doesn't always apply. To make it easier on us, my mom packed up a majority of his belongings and moved them to the unseen part of the basement. Thanks Mom!!

Alright, time to relax.

..............The Moment You've All Been Waiting For...

Nuweiba, Egypt!

The most stressful, relaxing part of our trip.

The Americans we traveled with across the Sinai Dessert

Egyptian Drinking Fountains

Family

Beautiful Park

Beach on a Tuesday Morning

Americans=Celebrities!

Saying Goodbye to Alexandria

Eh, not as big as we thought...

But they are heavy!

okay..they're HUGE!

One of the Seven Wonders of the World...Rightfully so!

Going into one of the Pyramids!

Inside the tombs

Solar Boat, 5,500 years old!

The Sphinx

Amazing!

The life source of Egypt: The Nile

Our Nile Cruise

Outside the Cave Church

We don't have this type of worship in America

The Cave Church...built churches inside a cave.

Shopping

The Egyptian Museum

Two lane road with three lanes of traffic...gotta love that stress!

................................Home!

After a wonderful week in Egypt with Clint and Vivienne we have made it safely home! We were greeted with a freshly painted house and deck when we arrived, it was quite a nice surprise!

I will update with pictures and our activity in Egypt soon, but if you are in the Ohio area next Sunday, August 9th and want to hear about our trip, see some pictures and enjoy good food and fellowship, I invite you to stop by Grace Brethren Church in Wooster at 4:30 for an Israel/Egypt Potluck Party! If you need more information, send me an e-mail cathy.yoder@hotmail.com. Otherwise bring a dish and we look forward to sharing our adventures with you!


Thank you for your prayers,
Cathy and Tyler

Snapshots from Israel

We made it out of Israel safe and sound. We had a wonderful time and cannot wait to share the stories behind these pictures and more!

Last Day in Israel, walked 2 miles with our backpacks!
Megiddo!
Mediterranean Sea at Dor
Meeting up with friends in Jerusalem
Malachi's Tomb (but probably not)
Hezekiah Tunnel!
The Sea of Galilee
Roman Theatre
The Western Wall

Squeezing my way out of an old lookout from one of the walls around the old city.
The Dome of the Rock
"The rock" that cracked from the earthquake when Christ died on the cross.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, do all three??? (getting out of clean up duty on the last day of the dig).
The first guy that ripped us off, I ordered a lamb pita, I got a liver pita...not the same.
Tel Games: They didn't realize what they were getting into.

The oldest arched gate ever discovered (Ashkelon)
View from Tyler's Grid
Tyler's Grid, Grid 38 - Residence to the first group of Philistines in Ashkelon
Pottery washing: Everyday 4-6