Thursday, December 2, 2010

Planning for Shabbat

I'm having a great week...busy...but great! :)

I've finished sorting my Israel Trip pictures and have been diligently uploading them every few days. It takes time to upload and caption them, so I'm spacing it out. I've also got all the videos downloaded to my computer...now to create a web page where I can share the best ones.

Then today, I saw on the headlines that there is an out of control wildfire near Haifa, Israel on the Carmel Mountains. I was there!!!! Less than 1 month ago (November 9th to be exact), we went to Haifa, went up on Mt. Carmel, and then drove through those mountains to reach Tel Meggido. It is so sad to watch the news reports, yet so real after having been there. Pray for rain for Israel! They have not received any rain for the month of November...due to working on dividing the Land (that's the spiritual reason why)...but they so need it.

My boss got me this really neat CD today called Maccabeats. I've been enjoying it this evening while syncing my iPad which was the last thing I needed to do to have my electronics back fully working after my recent computer reformatting due to a bad wifi card. Thankfully that was covered under a recall otherwise that would have been about $300 to repair it. Praise Yah for His provisions!

And now, we're beginning preparation for Shabbat. We're hosting a gathering for any Messianics in Ohio at our home this Shabbat, so I'm looking forward to seeing many of our friends... We'll have a Midrash on Spying out the Land as well as I'll get to share about my trip to Israel.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

More Israel Trip Pictures

I have continued to post more Israel Trip Pictures. Days 3 and 4 are now up, so here are the links. I still have Days 5-12 to go! :) So enjoy...

Day 3
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89978&id=1050784025&l=9171da317d

Day 4 - Also one of the two best days on the whole trip...
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=90360&id=1050784025&l=0f7241ea6c

Sunday, November 21, 2010

Home from Israel...

Well, I am home now. My trip to Israel was absolutely AMAZING! There are no words to describe it other than to say you have to go to fully understand it. It's is the Father's Land. You can sense His presence there in such an amazing way. I took over 2,400 pictures, and they don't do the land justice. I have begun posting the pictures on my Facebook and rather than try to copy them all over here, I believe I can share the public links to my Facebook albums...and then you can see them. Enjoy! That's only the beginning.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=88062&id=1050784025&l=00b7f7eaf6
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=89544&id=1050784025&l=198359e89a

Also, you can hear me tell about the trip as I shared at our congregation this past Shabbat. The recording is available here - Jocelin's Israel Report 11-20-10.

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Timothy and Maria's Wedding

Just 4 Weeks ago, I spent the day with a dear friend who was getting married as her bridal assistant. It was a lot of fun and wonderful to see two dear friends of mine who love each other get married. Congratulations Timothy and Maria!

Here I am with Maria...
Alicia and I already knew each other long distance, but it was great to finally meet and spend time together as we both helped Maria.

Maria looking stunning and contemplative all in one shot.

The beautiful bride...

The sweet couple...

Their first kiss after saying their vows...


Cutting the cake...

Feeding each other...


Myself and Sara Freeland serving the cake...

It was a beautiful day enjoyed by all. Please do keep Timothy and Maria in your prayers as Timothy has just been diagnosed with mono, and Maria is undergoing further testing as she is showing signs of a possible auto-immune disorder.