Getting there... Israel

Once again just getting there was an adventure... there this time was Israel... not MiddleEast which presents its own problems... no Israel, Ixcan, El Quiche, Guatemala. We visited this beautiful community at the end of June for the Iglesia Luterana Agustina de Guatemala's National Council Meeting.
Leaving at 3:30am we loaded up the pick-up with ourselves and our luggage and donations... 3 of us having to travel in the bed of the pick-up... we finally arrived in Israel at about 5pm that same day... a long day of driving, some waiting in Playa Grande followed by an hour long hike into the community in the pouring rain. I was thankful for my rubber boots and my poncho... and also thankful that we still had sunlight...
You see we found out later that the last community, Villa Hermosa, before we need to hike in has had several tiger sightings. I still cannot quite fathom that I live in a country with wild tigers but I do.
We were welcomed into Israel and made comfortable as we waited for members from other churches in the ILAG to join us.