Preface to trip posts

We just returned from a 10-day trip to Israel, Egypt and Jordan, and it was awesome! We hope to share as much of it as we can through several blog posts, and hopefully it doesn't get boring. We took 1,193 photos and had the time of our lives! We traveled with Jacob's coworker Shawn and his wife Kim, and they were super-fun to be with (there will be photos with them on the trip posts too).

I'll just preface the posts by saying that among the places we visited were some with deep religious significance to us. When we talk about them here, we don't intend to give a Sunday school lesson or to detail the personal feelings we have about these locations--it's not something we feel should be broadcast. We also can't cover everything here and hope you enjoy the brief summaries and photos.