EpicTOURS Blog

Fritzie Cenatus

Sun, 30 May 2010 22:46:20 +0300

EMAIL RECEIVED AFTER the April, 2010 Israel & Jordan Tour:

Dear Mr. Steve and Ms. Janet,

Please excuse my delayed response. we returned home on the very day of one of my mid- term exams and i had another mi-term scheduled for the following week. i had to keep my focus to complete two 10page papers and a literary review of 6 articles related to my directed research project. since our return from the "Epic Tour" I’ve been sharing the magnificent experience with friends, colleagues and classmates. i have a list of people who may be very interested in next years trip to the Holy Land. every one tells me how different i look after the trip, more humble, more understanding, more loving, more GOD-like.

My mother and i would like to extend a special thank you to you for having us on the tour and it certainly was an "Epic Tour". so many people dream of experiencing the HOLY LAND and thanks to GOD ALMIGHTY we were able to see our dreams come true. The whole experience was marvelous. I see the world now as a whole new world. what an experience right before my 33rd birthday!

Please express to Mr. and Mrs. Tomer as well as Mr and Mrs Brock how honored we are to have been in their company. all of you combined left a very positive impression on my mother and myself. we haven't stopped raving of you all yet. we more than likely will forever speak so highly of you that others will want have that same experience for them selves.

Coach Tomer is very inspiring. He left me feeling that i can be as successful as the day is long with the right attitude and motivation. Mrs. Tomer is so humble and such a beautiful spirit. I believe angels tuck her in at night. She is very kind.

Even though Mr and Mrs Brock came to join us mid trip, they both proved to be pillars of our group. Mr Brock instilled in me a new spirit of perseverance. I learned from him that my best work performed with the best of intentions will produce life long benefits, respect and notoriety among my colleagues. Mrs Brock is so wonderful and nice. she treated me very well. i will not forget how one day she put her arm around me and called me "sweetie". that small gesture probably is not much to some but it meant plenty for me.

Mr. Steve, your quality customer service and customer care speaks volumes to who you must be in your private life. you are very caring and concerned for all of our safety and comfort. i appreciate that you followed up with everything that everyone asked about. you are an executive administrator and people should follow your character as a standard.

And the best of the best, Mrs. Janet. Boy, oh boy, you must be made of honey and titanium. you are a mother. i love you because of certain things i observed in you. you hardly ever sat down to eat a full meal you were so busy. ill always remember that day you stood in the middle of the road, held up you hand to stop traffic so we could safely cross the street. your voice roars like a lion and sings like a bird.all of these are mother qualities. you know how much i love my mom and i love you and my mom because the two of you are sweet, loving and relentless.

Please extend a special thank you to Asher as well. his knowledge and recall of the Bible and of the land was remarkable. then, in his tone of voice and gestures I could see how he loves his country and just how much he loves the history. I was very, very impressed with Asher. he is simply awesome.

You have inspired us to work harder and put forth much more effort into our personal growth, responsibility to our culture and society, other ventures and YTB.

We love and appreciate you so much, i don't think i know enough words to express to you just how much.

Please, always remember us and thank you for everything.

Respectfully,
Fritzie B. Cenatus and Berthe L. Cenatus
Kissimmee, Florida

Be Encouraged

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 18:10:17 +0300

God is in control. These are uncertain times in the flesh, but with Spirit eyes we can sense the expectancy of greater things. Ask, seek, knock. Then 'stand', when we've done all. That's the hard part because it removes 'flesh' from the equation and leaves God alone to do the miraculous and unexpected.
SPB

Michael Hardy

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:03:00 +0300

I have been blessed to go to Israel a number of times. I still feel like a child waiting for Christmas morning each time I go. It is an unexplainable experience. You find yourself truly walking through the Bible. You walk through what happened in the past, you experience modern day prophecy being fulfilled before your eyes, and you stand in places where future prophecy will be fulfilled. When you go it opens up more understanding of the Bible. I heard people say, ‘now I know what the Bible says about such and such’ by actually seeing the land and places with their eyes. I have seen people in their 80’s to as young as teens moved by making this trip. I have heard of prayer requests answered as a result of making this trip. I find those that have made the trip experience that the blessing does not just stop when you leave the land. The blessings from all your experiences continue after you get home.

Michael Hardy

Jacquelyn Rush

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:39:42 +0300

Words alone could not express all the change in my emotions I experienced on the Holy Land Tour/Israel. I looked forward to the new experience with my Lord. To feel his presence as we sail upon the sea of Galilee, walk upon the stones where he walked preaching teaching and the feeding of the 5000 as a human being, and to have Holy Communion where Jesus was buried and His resurrection. Being baptized in the river Jordan. Glory to his name. Next, to see the beauty of the land in Nazareth, Galilee, Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Feel the softness on your skin from the water of the Dead Sea. Yet, know in your heart and soul you are in The Holy Land/Israel. Finally, I could not sleep nights excited and anticipating about the next day tour. So much to see, so little time to accomplish all your hearts desire to get closer to my Lord.

I still have my joy now and always,
Jacquelyn Rush

Delores McRant

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:37:51 +0300

My trip to Israel with EpicTOURS in December 2008 was a personal and spiritual experience I especially remember my baptism in the river Jordan, the tour of the Garden of Gethsemane and the visitation of Jesus' tomb along with the taking of communion. I recommend anyone who desires to visit Israel do so through EpicTOURS and hope that they too will have a lifelong experience of what it was like during Christ's lifetime.

Yours in Christ,
Delores McRant

Carol McElhaney

Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:34:39 +0300

Our trip to Israel in 2008 was the trip of a lifetime for me. If you can allow yourself to take a vacation and have the finances to take one even if you have to sacrifice a little to do it the up coming Israel trip will change you forever. To see the bible come alive every time you read it after you have been there is the most rewarding thing for me. It is a trip that will be embedded in your heart and mine forever. There were two of us that had physical problems but that didn't stop or hinder us in anyway so don't let that stop you. Don't just think about the next trip, just go, you will have the BEST tour leaders in the world.
Sister Carol McElhaney