Israel Study Tour 2011: Update #5

[this post is part of our Israel Study Tour. Check out the link on the top-bar of the blog to view all the posts for this trip]

Hello everyone,

Only 6 days before we depart to Israel! We want to make sure you have Bill Blocker’s cell phone number. He will be having a phone with this number during our entire time in Israel. It is supposed to be used for emergency purposes only.

Emergency phone can be reached by callers dialing:

From USA & Canada	In Israel
011-972-57- 8919843	0-57- 8919843

Also, Walt McCord will have his cell phone with him at the airport on Sunday in case you need to get a hold of a tour leader, 219-688-8170. It is important that you are wearing your name tags provided by Morning Star so that we can recognize you.

Second, on arrival in Israel you can request to not have your passport stamped with an Israel stamp if you plan on going to a Muslim country in the future (except for Jordan, Turkey, or Egypt). Ask Walt McCord at the airport if you have questions.

Third, do you have a small travel alarm clock and watch for the trip? Some students use their cell phones for both in the US, and that will not work in Israel. J Speaking of phones, you can have family call directly to the hotels we stay at in Israel at 10pm (Chicago time) and that is 6am Israel time. Copy the hotel phone # list that was sent to you by Morning Star and leave this with your family. Our weak-up time in Israel is 6am; breakfast 7am; on the bus by 8am. Check to confirm your home phone international rates, and do not plan to call direct from Israel unless you want to pay up to $5 per minute.

And last but not least, are some of you planning on staying at the airport in Israel for 9 days? If not, please fax us the last page of the attached document on travel abroad and conditions for participating in Moody Bible Institute’s Study/Travel Abroad program. The last page is a requirement for all participants who are on a Moody approved trip. Please fill out, sign, and email or fax this last page back to me at  312-329-4234. Remember, you can go on the flight to Israel without us having this document, you just can’t get on the bus in Israel until we have it :-)

See you in less than a week!

Walt, Bill & Zelda, Ernest, and Katha