by Adam Koehler | Dec 21, 2016 | Uncategorized
Accompanying the 2016 HOPE teacher/pilgrims allowed me to experience the Holy Land with a wonderful group of people, including my wife, Cindy and our new daughter, Hannah, and to visit old friends in Palestine and to make new ones. The trip also permitted me to...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
While in the Holy Land, one of the workshops offered to both teachers in the LP Schools and the teachers from the AOC was integrating video production into the curriculum. I had the honor of working in Nablus with these teachers and was impressed not only by their...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Thanksgiving Day, Kelly Lomax, Joe Gaston, Sharon Bohlen and Nancy Hemminger went to Nablus, while the rest of our HOPE group went on the pilgrimage that was planned. It was a Thanksgiving none of us will ever forget, because we were blessed with many gifts...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
As one of the blessed people who loves their job, that love went to a whole new level for me when I joined the HOPE pilgrimage to the Holy Land to teach Talents Unlimited to teachers of the Latin Patriarchate Schools and the AOC. Having never visited a foreign...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
One of our favorite things about going to the Holy Land is all of the priests we encounter…good, holy, humble, fun and funny too! This year was no exception! Beit Jala Abouna Iyad Twal (left): filled with wisdom, so kind and welcoming Abouna Akthan Hijazen:...
by Adam Koehler | Dec 11, 2016 | Uncategorized
The work of the Holy Spirit in the ministry of teaching was so evident as I worked alongside my partner teachers at LPS Beit Jala. Mirna, Nuha, and Rula graciously accepted me into their classrooms and it was a joy to work with them and their students. I was so...
