The top two pictures are of Israel’s Judean hill country . . . the bottom two pictures are of the hills surrounding Wenatchee, Washington, where I grew up. As a child, I would sit in the trees over our bank and read my Bible,  imagining I was in Israel. I knew nothing about that land or its people except for what I read in the Scriptures. All I knew was that I had a love in my heart for that place, which stayed with me all through the years. Then, while I was researching for my novel, Barriers, I discovered these pictures of Israel and could hardly believe what I was seeing! Coincidence? I don’t think so . . . “For I know what plans I have in mind for you,” says Adonai ~ Jeremiah 29:11  (The Complete Jewish Bible)                                                                                                                                                                   In His Love,