Embrace Yourself Today

It is no secret, Israel has often been known as a country of unrest. However, the 'unrest' in which a small part of Israel experiences, is often misconstrued as mass chaos throughout the land, by the media. In fact I remember the first time I learned Josh would be playing here...I was petrified at the thought! The media painted Israel to be this war ravaged country with car bombs exploding daily and suicide bombers walking about the towns. I was pleasantly surprised to learn otherwise upon my first visit, which was a time the country was in actual upheaval, and there was a 10 day war that broke out upon the day of my landing....even with this, the land was peaceful (all but the south that is). Here we are in our 4th season in Israel; and finally, after 4 years my family is beginning to believe me when I say this is a peaceful and pleasant place. It is not a place filled with fear of the onset of a massive war. Even though they are beginning to believe us, they are still leery;...