Over the past ten days, we've been on a road trip to New York, Boston and Ohio.

Normally, we only post photos of things that happen down here,

but because a few friends requested, we decided to share some of the spiritual highlights of our trip.  

At Gilead Graduation, Wallkill Bethel 

Joey, T.J. and Karsten

Addison and Mallory 

In Joey's room 

Kuy, from Hawaii, is Joey's roommate 

Learning to play Kuy's ukulele 

Hanging out in Chad and Mallory's room 

On Sunday, we went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and did "The Woman and the Seed" Bible tour. 

It was amazing to see artifacts which harmonize with Bible history.

Below are photos of just a few of the interesting pieces we learned about.

An ancient Egyptian slave  

Gold articles from ancient Egypt 

King Tut 

Signet rings, like the one Joseph received from Pharoah

Statues of Sakhmet, Egyptian goddess of destruction 

The inscription on this jar states that it belonged to King Xerxes.

He was the Persian king who chose Esther as his queen.   

This jar contained Dead Sea Scrolls 

This plaque was part of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon -

the very gate that Daniel and his three Hebrew companions would have walked through.

(Refer to the picture in the Daniel's Prophecy book, page 11)

Depicted on the plaque is the dragon god Marduk, 

the chief deity of Babylon and believed to be the deified Nimrod. 

Statues of Baal 

A bowl belonging to King Darius

An ancient Medo-Persian cup used by the cupbearer to the king, like Nehemiah

After the tour, we saw a few more sights in the city

The next stop on our trip was Boston, to visit Elisa and Tamara.

We had a great time catching up with them for a couple of days.

Opening presents from friends back home

They are staying at this beautiful Assembly Hall in Natick, a suburb of Boston

Practicing Kingdom Melodies 

Playing games in the evening