Please join the Alumni Association and Dr. Jimmy Albright for an unforgettable tour of Egypt. On May 20-31, 2020, we will spend 12 days touring "Ancient Egypt and the Nile River" from Cairo to Aswan. The cost of the trip is $4,299 per person. Included in the cost is: air ticket, touring, 4-star hotels, breakfast [...]
Max had a hard flight so, after dinner, Colleen went up to the rooftop bar and took a few pictures of Athens. Tomorrow we begin our trip in earnest with a cruise to Mikinos.
Max surveys Athens from his hotel room We’ve arrived! We landed in Athens around 10 am local time - that’s 2 am in St. Joseph. It was a 10 hour flight from Newark during which time, Max watched “Aquaman” and “Bohemian Rhapsody.” After such a long flight, Max needed a quick nap. Now [...]
May 22 - June 1, 2019 You are invited to join us on the trip of a lifetime to Greece! Dr. Jimmy Albright and the Missouri Western State University Alumni Association will travel to Greece and the Greek Islands for an 11 day tour. Three days will include a cruise. Follow in the footsteps of [...]
Travel to Greece with the Missouri Western Alumni Association and Dr. Jimmy Albright! We will spend 11 days visiting ancient sites such as the Parthenon, the Temple of Delphi, and the Temple of Apollo. We will also spend three days cruising the Greek islands of Mykonos, Ephesus and Santorini. Dr. Albright is hosting an information [...]
Yesterday, we ascended the Temple Mount for a view of the dome of the Rock. We continued to the Western Wall (or the Wailing Wall), the last remnant of King Solomon’s Temple. It was Bar Mitzvah day at the Wailing Wall and we saw several young boys celebrate this sacred event. We continued our journey [...]
We began our day with a visit to Bethlehem and a tour of an olive wood carving factory. We, of course, went shopping before heading to the Church of the Nativity–the site where it is said that Jesus was born. From Bethlehem, we travelled to the Mount of Olives and the Garden of Gethsemane. After [...]
We began the day with a visit to Masada – the southernmost Dead Sea palace of Herod the Great. I should say three palaces – he had one on each level of the mountain. We then drove to the Negev Desert to a Bedouin camp where we rode camels, learned about the Bedouin culture, and [...]
We kicked the day off with Baptisms in the Jordan River. Colleen was in charge of two cameras – not including her own – so we’ll have to wait for pictures of this event. Over 20 members of our group of 34 were baptized by Dr. Jimmy Albright and Dr. Gerald Small, Associate Professor of [...]
We traveled North today to the Lebanese border. Along the way, we stopped at the Mount of Beatitudes where it’s believed Jesus gave The Sermon on the Mount. We visited Tel Dan – the northernmost kingdom of Israel and the tribe of Dan. There was a quick stop at Caesarea Philippi to see the Temple [...]
