Laughter!

I knew that Travis was nervous to get in a plane for the first time. He's been nervously laughing about it for weeks. The first flight in our journey to Israel was on a small jet from South Bend, Indiana; and once again he was laughing as we took off. Travis has a great laugh and it warms my heart to hear it. He peered out the window trying to make out houses and businesses and marveled at the outlines of the farmer's fields; until there was nothing left to see but soft cotton like clouds below us. We were on our way!

Much later we arrived in Tel Aviv. I realized that Travis had not once asked, "Are we there yet?" Thanks to the high tech gizmos on the plane we were able to track our progress. We knew exactly what country we were flying over, how much time we had left in the flight, how fast we were going etc. Not to mention the large selection of movies, games, TV shows all to help pass the time and it surely helped. Our arrival into Tel Aviv was after dark so the ride to Jerusalem was quiet. The night sky was as heavy as our eyelids and the smell of rain reminded me that Israel is entering their spring season. It was a short 35 minute drive on the highway to Jerusalem (thanks to no traffic) and as we watched all the headlights and the city lights in the distance, you could almost let your mind believe that you were back home on the highway instead of so far away and in the Middle East. Travis had no idea what Israel looked like at this point...and I was anxious for daylight to show him this other world.

Kim