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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
TRIP
Continued from Page A1
brought Bible stories and peo-
ple to life: Petra, a prehistoric
city carved into a sandstone
cliff — where scenes were
¿lPed for the Povie ³,ndiana
Jones and the Last Crusade”
— was hoPe to the EdoPites,
descendants of $brahaP¶s
grandson Esau; Mt. Nebo,
where Moses was allowed a
view of the Holy Land before
his death after wandering in
the wilderness; the Mount of
Beatitudes where Jesus is be-
lieved to have given his ser-
Pon and fed ¿sh and loaves
of bread to a crowd of 5,000;
BethleheP, where Jesus was
born, and Nazareth, where he
grew up — Must to naPe a very
few.
Josiah and Nathanael spent
a night at a resort on the Dead
6ea and the ne[t Porning en-
Moyed Àoating on the laNe¶s
salty water.
When it caPe to food, Jo-
siah preferred the fare in ,sra-
el over that in Jordan, and said
the strict Nosher laws in ,srael
prohibited serving and eating
Peat and dairy products at the
saPe Peal.
Nathanael said they had
e[cellent food the entire tiPe,
but noted an especially deli-
cious falafel, which is a deep-
fried fritter Pade of chicNpeas
or fava beans — ³the best
falafel ,¶ve ever had” — at a
little shop in 2ld JerusaleP on
the last day.
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Overlooking Jerusalem, one of several ancient cities Josiah and Nathanael Martin visited.
He did get to try one new
food iteP during the Holy
Land trip — fresh dates —
which he said were ³really
good!”
Nathanael,
who
has
worNed as a travel agent for
nine years, has logged in sev-
eral doPestic and internation-
al ventures, visiting 25 coun-
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tries and 38 states to date. His
PaMor trips include $frica,
Costa Rica and Nicaragua,
Europe twice and, last suP-
Per, a solo trip to Peru and
Bolivia. He said he¶s coPfort-
able traveling alone, but with
security concerns in ,srael and
Jordan, he wanted to be with a
reliable tour operator and ful-
ly escorted.
Josiah is co-owner of Su-
perior HoPe Builders in Mt.
Vernon. His parents are John
and Lori Martin, also of Mt.
Vernon.
7his was his ¿rst tiPe out-
side the United States, but in
just this one trip, he traveled
through six countries.
The Holy Land trip stood
out for Nathanael as far as
history and signi¿cance, yet
there wasn¶t anything, he said,
that surprised hiP.
³, always enjoy observing
the different cultures as , trav-
el,” he said.
He also enjoyed sharing
the experiences of ¿rst-tiP-
er Josiah, who de¿nitely had
soPe reParNable PoPents.
³No westerner can ever
forget the ¿rst tiPe you¶re in a
MusliP country Jordan and
hear the call to prayer go off
froP the local PosTue,” Na-
thanael said.
He said the Holy Land trip,
liNe all his travels, will iPpact
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“From the grave,
He arose.”
Josiah Martin at Mount Nebo, with an expansive view of the Holy Land.
Below: Nathanael Martin at David Falls, at Ein Gedi, an oasis on the west coast
of the Dead Sea.
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What: Holy Land presen-
tation by Josiah and Na-
thanael Martin
When: 2:30 p.m. Satur-
day, March 26
Where: Mt. Vernon
Grange
Details: No charge. Ev-
eryone welcome.
More info: Call 541-620-
0340
his life.
³The Pore you travel, the
broader perspective it gives
on nearly everything in life,”
Nathanael said. ³But this trip
de¿nitely was Pore Peaning-
ful than probably any other
,¶ll ever taNe.”
Raised a Christian, he said
he grew up Nnowing all the
Bible stories and believing
they were true, but actually
seeing the places where Jesus
walNed, taught, healed, sat,
ate and slept ³Pade it becoPe
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so Puch Pore real.”
Josiah said, now, whenever
he hears a ChristPas song and
it Pentions BethleheP or Je-
rusaleP, he has a clear picture
in his Pind of those places,
because he¶s been there.
And now, both said, read-
ing the Bible is a new expe-
rience.
³,t becoPes not just a story
on paper, but a living experi-
ence that , was part of,” Na-
thanael said.
Josiah added, ³,t really
coPes to life, and you realize
how real those stories are.”