It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive! It's a Bomb!!!!!! Oh wait...no, it actually is a hard drive.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The hard drive that almost blew up Israel, but that Israel blew up instead
It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a hard drive! It's a Bomb!!!!!! Oh wait...no, it actually is a hard drive.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Istanbul to Jerusalem....or something like that...
(Meant to post this yesterday...but no dice)
Today is our first full day in Jerusalem, and Ben is not feeling well. We only shot until noon today and Ben's resting now. Hopefully he feels better tomorrow since we only have two days to cover Jerusalem. We got some good footage today though.
Israel has been very interesting. This is our 4th day in the country. You definitely get a feeling for how oppressed the Palestinian people are. Our 3 drivers/guides are palestinian and they are fine folk. I think my two favorite things so far have been: 1) We rented a boat and went out on the Sea of Galilee to do some shooting 2) We went up in the hills and shot this monastery in the middle of nowhere on the side of a mountain, it was beautiful.
I want to thank everyone who has been praying for the trip. It has gone well until now and is almost over. The end of the trip is definitely feeling closer. A week from tomorrow I will be back in the States. How weird will it be not to be living out of a suitcase after a month? To hear English spoken in public places? To not have a camcorder attached to my right arm? Ha. It will take a little readjustment. I can tell you, one of the first things I'm going to do is go to Burger King and get a whopper. I had a chance to eat at a Burger King about a week ago, and regret not taking the opportunity. I will make up for it though!
Most of the people who read this blog will probably get a call from me at some point on the 27th. I'll be letting people know when I'm back in the states. I will have 2+ hour layovers in both JFK and D.C. that day.
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thank you for NOT smoking
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Kavala, you are beautiful....
I'm sitting here posting from a beautiful hotel in the seaside town of Kavala, Greece. Today we visited one of the monasteries in Meteora. Very beautiful. Then we drove all afternoon to this town. Tomorrow we go to visit the Biblical town of Phillipi, and then we cross the border to Turkey. Next week we will spend in Turkey, then off to Israel for a week, and then back to Turkey for a week. Days of driving go by slow (seeing as I'm not working as much). Not much to shoot through the glass window of a moving tour bus. XD
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Catching up
Friday, April 30, 2010
Tomorrow is D-Day
For the next 24+ hours I will be travelling. I will start in Kentucky, fly to New York, and then fly to Munich. Then we fly to Athens, Greece. By then it will be May 2nd. We will spend the next 2 weeks travelling across Greece and Turkey. Then we will be in Israel for a week. After that we will have another week of miscellaneous travel, and on the 27th of May I head back.
Awww, man, the excitement is starting! What an adventure! I will keep everyone posted who might follow this or be friends with me on facebook.
Time to get some sleep =D
Monday, April 26, 2010
4 days out...
For today, excitement came when I found out that I didn't have a ticket to or from JFK airport from LEX, and we leave in 4 days! That was a surprise, to say the least. However they got it worked out within hours, and I'm good to go again. Also, it looks like my living situation when I get back is figured out, which is nice since I have to move 3 days after I get back. What a charmed life I lead, eh?
But amidst all this the Lord shows his grace. If this living situation opportunity works out, some would say it would be coincidence...but I don't believe in that. I'm definitely going to need to rely on the Lord's strength during this upcoming trip, and I'll need a lot of prayers that I will seek that strength out.
Well I'll try to keep this updated. Night!