Pat, looks god and I think this article is truth.
earlier, Pat Ferguson, wrote:
>>> Dear Family in Christ JESUS,
>>>We love you and appreciate you and your love and friendship. I
>>>just got this in our mail and wanted to forward it to you and see
>>>how you feel about it? It is very eye opening to hear this lady's
>>>acount of her trip to Egypt and Israel and what she
>>>observed!!!!!!!! WOW! ( esp. Re: what the people of Israel and
>>>Egypt think of the presidential candidates of America!) I do know
>>>from Duanes perspective that Israel's pilots are the best in the
>>>world and then next the U.S.; and that has been common knowledge
>>>always) They have had lots of practice for so many years and our
>>>God has given them the best knowledge in so many areas! After all
>>>"It IS written". AMEN! Thought that you might find this
>>>thought provoking to read?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Do we really appreciate the light Christ gives us?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I received this email from a friend who had it forwarded to her
>>>from whoever made this trip. It is worth reading to the
>>>end. Please take careful consideration to what she has to
>>>say. Everyone needs to realize what is happening with this
>>>presidential election.
>>>
>>> Dear Friends,
>>> We are home. I am home with this flu that is
>>> going around. I had it before we left and got it again in
>>> Egypt I have really been sick. Sure is a waste of time.
>>>
>>> Our trip was physically very hard. I lost 10
>>> pounds and got sick. I am glad I went, but would not go back to
>>> Egypt . It is a dirty, ungodly country. The smog in Cairo Egypt
>>> was terrible. There are 17 million people in that city and they
>>> just throw their trash in the streets. The Nile River is
>>> polluted. I don't know how such a people who built the pyramids
>>> regressed like they have. If the Arabs take over America , we
>>> will be a slum. And the noise pollution was terrible. They
>>> chant their Muslim prayers all day. Our tour guide was a
>>> Christian, and he was a fine young man, but the ungodliness of
>>> the population is everywhere. It was a real example of the
>>> difference of "light" vs. "darkness." Jesus is truly the Light!
>>>
>>> Israel was clean and wonderful. We could eat the
>>> food and drink the water. They were kind and loved us. They may
>>> not believe in Jesus but you can tell that God is in that
>>> land. It snowed in Jerusalem while we were there and it was
>>> cold, but we still toured. The Sea of Galilee was stormy and we
>>> went out on a boat a short distance, but came back to shore. The Bible is
>>>absolutely true about the fact that you cannot be out on the Sea
>>>of Galilee in a boat without the danger of dying. We were amazed
>>>at the big waves and wind on that Sea or lake.
>>>
>>> The weather cleared in Israel at the end of the
>>> week and we went to the Temple Mount on a beautiful morning. It
>>> was a time with the Lord. We stood at the Golden Gate where
>>> Jesus will return. It is sealed because the Muslims are
>>> concerned He will return! They even have one of their graveyards
>>> outside the gate thinking no King will come through a
>>> graveyard. But Jesus is coming! It shows the Muslim are
>>> concerned and may believe there is a possibility He will come. I
>>> stood and looked at that Gate, and was very moved to think I was
>>> standing at the very place where Jesus will enter Jerusalem again!
>>>
>>> We did go into Bethlehem. We had to let our Jewish
>>> guide out of the bus, and our Arab bus driver drove us through
>>> the security gate. That high wall that you have been hearing
>>> about on TV is there, dividing Palestine and Israel We then got
>>> a Christian guide when we got into Bethlehem .. I was there
>>> twice before, once in l980 and again in l999 and there is a stark
>>> difference in Bethlehem since the Arabs have taken it
>>> over. There were hardly any tourists. We
>>>ate in a cafe on the square where I ate before which was packed
>>>with tourists, but today it was vacant except for us. They have
>>>killed their tourist trade. The Christians in Bethlehem asked us
>>>to pray for them, because they had no income now. The Arab men on
>>>the manger square glared at us. We did not feel safe and clung
>>>together. There were beggar boys everywhere. They hate Americans
>>>and Israel !!!!
>>>
>>> There is so much I could say about this trip. It
>>> has changed my life in some ways. I look at the lost-ness of the
>>> Arabs and the darkness. I look at Israel ; that tiny country
>>> amidst such turmoil. If America does not continue to support,
>>> Israel I believe God will judge us severely as Americans. The
>>> Israelite soldiers were such fine young men and women. They are
>>> clean and disciplined and have great love for their land which is
>>> something that is missing in America among some of our youth. I
>>> rode back to Lubbock from Dallas on airline with an American Air
>>> Force career soldier. He said the Israelite pilots were the best
>>> in the world. They can fly planes like no one else!
>>>
>>> Lastly, we were asked everywhere about the
>>> Presidential race in America . There was great interest. The
>>> Jews came up to us and asked us many questions. They said they
>>> do not want the Clintons again. They warned us that Obama is a
>>> Muslim, not a Christian. In Egypt , the Arabs said the same thing
>>> to us; they said Obama is Muslim and they are amazed that
>>> Americans would consider electing a Muslim President of America !!
>>>
>>> I came home loving America even more! Our
>>> country is a "light on a hill." Our streets are clean. There
>>> are no chants all day. People are kind and take their
>>> turn. People over there pushed into line and were rude. They
>>> have never heard of the Golden Rule. They will stomp all over you
>>> if they want to get in line. I can see now why Jesus' words of
>>> loving your neighbor and doing unto others, what you would have
>>> them do unto you, were strange words to the lost. The Koreans
>>> were the worst about walking all over us or trying to.
>>>
>>> We take our Christian heritage for granted here in
>>> my opinion. We have sanctity of human life. In Egypt, the Arabs
>>> don't have any hope so I can see why they would bomb people and
>>> commit suicide. They smoked cigarettes everywhere! I could not
>>> breathe in Egypt and I think that is why I came down with the flu
>>> again. The smog was so bad at the pyramids, I could tell I was
>>> getting sick. I would gag on the fumes.
>>>
>>> We need to pray for America and this election every day.
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