Currently I am sitting on the hotel computer in Seattle, about to take off and meet up with a group of friends that I love dearly, to together embark on perhaps the most incredible week of our lives together. Israel.

There is such a story about Israel and why it means so much to me that I will have to write about later–maybe when I get home…but in short, I have relatives living there now, cousins to my grandma Starr. The beautiful woman that she is, she moved to the US as an 18 year old girl, and through doing that, left the majority of her immediate family and cousins back in her homeland (at the time, Casablanca..where later her family moved to Israel and throughout Europe).

I am hoping to meet some of my long lost cousins (Lord-willing), but if not now–maybe a time when my family can come too. Along with Grandma

So tomorrow morning at 7:30a.m. we will be flying out from the Seatac Airport to land in New York, followed by  a 7.5 hr lay over (yay…I’m sure lots of stupid videos will be made at this point), where we will then fly to Tel Av iv. I can hardly wait to go to the land that God loves..meet more people that he cherishes dearly, and learn about a culture that I have not learned of before.

Please pray that I go open-handed, not expecting much, but willing in all things. That I spend this time soaking in all that God puts before my eyes, so that for years I can meditate and learn from the experiences. I am sooo excited, and humbled that I am able to go on this trip..not only that, but get to lead worship in a land that is so beautiful because of the people AND the history.

Blessings, grace, and love.

Holly =)