Justin Reynolds of Martinsville wasn’t about to miss the chance of a lifetime, when his boss invited him to join in a family trip to West Bank, a Palestinian territory controlled by Israel. Reynolds looked forward to his trip as his opportunity to see the Holy Land, but he ended up with much more.
Palestine is a region, not a country. For thousands of years, the name Palestine has described the land between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region of Palestine also is called the Holy Land, Zion and Canaan by people of many religions.
Instead of taking it easy Saturday night to be ready for church the next morning, members of God’s Holy Church in Christ were up late, watching their church succumb to flames.
Pastor Elder Lawrence Roy knew the church had some electrical problems in the week leading up to the fire, but he wasn’t expecting such a tragedy to hit, he said.
Church members called each other about the fire late Saturday night right away, Roy said, adding, “Half my members found out before I did.” He received a call from a church member and another from the 911 call center and went with his wife to the scene.
Did the news reports of 1,300 cases of salmonella poisoning linked to eggs worry you?
At first glance, maybe not, since those eggs came from two farms in Iowa. But then you have to think: If half a billion eggs came out of those two farms, there could be a chance they’ve gotten as far as us here.
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