Where to start! We left Las Vegas 9/30 at around 1:30 Pm for Atlanta, everything was on schedule, a good flight with excellent take off and landing. We made our way through Atlanta terminal finding our departure gate with ease 15 minutes before the plane from Las Vegas was to land. There was a good tail wind and it only took 3 hours for a 4 hour flight.
We found the right gate and just as I looked to see the departure time, it said 11:35, I rechecked the ticket and it said 10:35. I looked again and as I looked at the screen it changed again to 1:00 am. That was the beginning of a long wait for the true departure.
The blessing of the wait was finding two ladies of like mind that we share info with. Carla was cold, very good air conditioning, and borrowed a jacket from one of the ladies until we were ready to board the plane.
At 11:45 we started to go through security and the boarding process. Because of the destination everything was very high security, a complete re screening of everything and a very slow boarding process for over 400 people.
Our landing in Israel was very smooth and the trek through the terminal building to the Passport check area was very easy. They very efficiently processed the people and next stop was finding luggage. Just like Vegas and every other airport, wait and watch for just the right moment to grab, and then discover it was the wrong bag. Throw it back and try again. I was fortunate that I only grabbed the right two bags and off to the taxi.
Taxi, was a great area of caution as the price needed to be determined and also to make sure the driver knew where we were going. The dispatcher, who spoke the best English looked with a puzzled face when Carla told her the name of the town. Then one of the drivers spoke up and said he knew the area. Whit the help of our maps and three calls to the guest house we arrived in very good time at a rate less than we were told to expect. All in all a very good experience, God was really in total control of the whole adventure.
Lunch is cooking as I type and it is a day to just relax and prepare for Shabbot and the beginning of Succot. With the first day of the feast and Shabbot being the same day the volunteer staff is very busy with all the last minute details, building the sukkah.
I am attaching a photo of the inside of the plane and a sunset from the plane along with some of the guest house and the community.
I trust that this finds everyone excited about the high holiday
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