Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "Jordan River"

Here's another Israel layout! My husband decided to be baptized in the Jordan River with many of our group. It was an amazing experience for everybody.

One of our agents is from Israel, and his family still lives there. His Dad is a Pastor and was happy to do the honors of baptizing our group!! You may wonder why I didn't get baptized. I was one of the hosts/planners of the trip, so I felt like I needed to be helping out. Probably a lame excuse! Honestly, I was also a bit afraid of the muddy water, and doing it in front of a group of my peers.

My husband loved the experience! We were both baptized in our teen years, but this was meant to be a symbolic experience, being baptized at close to the very spot where John the Baptist baptized Jesus.

¹⁶ As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. ¹⁷ And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.” - Matthew 3: 16-17

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Two Page Travel Layout - Bath House Ruins

Here's another layout from my newly completed Israel scrapbook! What a trip!!

Beit She'an was so fascinating. Beautiful columns, walls, tiles, arches, and a very interesting bath house.

 It was super hot (around 108-110)  even though it was still pretty early in the morning. But we made it without melting. I tried to envision the pool that was outside the bathhouse at one time....It would have been so refreshing in that climate.

I would have loved to seen this city when it was still intact and bustling with people.

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Two Page Scrapbook Layout - "City of Ruins"

So many ruins, and so little time! We did our best to see it all in the 110 degree heat! This layout is of Beit She'an! I just realized I need to remove an "n" from my title😕. This was our first stop on our travel day from Tiberius to Jerusalem on Day 5 of our trip. I'll have a few more layouts from this location, because there were just too many great pics and I struggled to choose.

 I'm not a huge fan of this patterned paper, but I really like it with these pics and the green photo matting. The paper is from a large travel stack that I've had in my stash for awhile. The gears are embossed and shiny.

 Extensive excavation of a large mound in Beit She'an has revealed over 20 layers of remains from ancient civilizations. It is mentioned in the Bible several times and is best known as the site where King Saul and his sons were hung from the city walls.

This layout is super simple...line them up on green paper and top with a few strips of washi.  Hope you are inspired in some way by it. More to come! Thanks for stopping by my blog today.