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Through the
Footsteps of
My Faith
Embracing a deeper spiritual understanding
Mount of Beatitudes. Photo: Itamar Grinberg
By Jill Daly y first footsteps through faith began that the country and its history, dynamic past,
when I was a child sitting in Sunday exciting present, and promise of future is alive
School, meeting the people of the and relevant in today’s world.
Bible. Then, as a young professional
Mserving as a children’s minister, In my current role, when I first arrived in
I instilled a love of the Bible, its stories, its Israel some years ago, as I am today, I was
larger-than-life figures, to a new generation emotional. It was touching to land on the
of children, inspiring them exactly as I was tarmac with hundreds of others, disembarking
moved and intrigued by the stories handed from the life I knew, and entering a new one
to me. Now, serving as the Midwest Director that would ultimately lead me to embracing
of the Israel Ministry of Tourism, and during a deeper spiritual understanding, one I could
my countless experiences in Israel, I can say never have imagined.
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