Recommendations - 2007

Sincerely,
P.H. Group Leader
Arizona

I have worked with JDI in putting together two tours to the Holy Land. I have been well satisfied with them in all aspects of the tour planning and preparation. They are both professional and personal. They worked well with me to put together the kind of experience I wanted for the group. Their costs are competitive and their service is excellent. I have no hesitation in referring them to others who might want to put together an awesome ministry tour.

Sincerely,
M.C. Pastor
California

Dear Friends

Our Holy Land trip with JDI was the experience of a lifetime. Sincerely it was the best and most spiritual trip we have ever experienced. We have taken several international vacations and mission trips. Our trip with JDI was the best of all. The travel arrangements were well planned and you made each guest feel ease in Israel. The JDI staff were always alert and sensitive to the needs of each member of our group.

The tour guides were knowledgeable and well versed in the area. They were sensitive to the interests of the group. Having a believer as our guide made the trip all the more enjoyable. The number of sites we were able to see during the trip was amazing. The JDI staff and the guide made each site a true spiritual highlight.

The accommodations were outstanding. We were pleased with each place we stayed. The meals were far better than we had anticipated. Being a diabetic it is often difficult for me to eat on trips. But not on this one. The variety of choices of foods was tremendous.

We are deeply grateful to JDI Travel for your ministry to pastors and to Israel. It is our hope to take a group next year through JDI.

Sincerely,
G.S. Pastor
Texas

Recommendations - Prior to 2007

To walk where Jesus walked. To witness first hand the reality of Golgotha, and the triumph of an empty tomb. I was in awe. Never to be the same again. The pages of the Bible have come alive to me and I now understand how the disciples must have felt on the Emmaus Road.

“And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he Talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scripture.” Luke 24:32

That is the result of taking a journey through the land that Jesus loves and being close to a people that he calls His own.

The professional and yet personal demeanor of JDI Travel show that they operate with a spirit of excellence in all that they do. Christine, you are a very special lady. Thank you JDI Travel for helping a life long dream become a reality in my life.

J.F., Reverend
Canada

Dear Christine,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and Dee for all your help in planning, scheduling and coordinating our recent trip to Israel. The places we visited and the experiences we had will remain in our hearts and minds for the rest of our lives.

I felt so safe and so totally in the will of the Lord throughout the whole trip. But for me, even if we had experienced any danger, I would have felt I was in the right place at the right time.

All the pilgrims that participated in the trip with us have only expressed gratitude and blessing with regard to the trip.

How needed it is now for Christians to travel to the Holy Land. How needed it is for our Jewish friends to see that we are willing to experience first hand what they live daily. We want to embrace the blessings of the Holy Land. We need to experience what is happening there.

Daily, I am deeply troubled by the faulty news reports (CNN and CBS) that come regarding Israel. I am sorry that Americans and other English speaking people around the world are not receiving the truth through our media. How grateful I am for the news we receive from reporting. It would be good if you could supply those websites to your clients.

The faulty reporting is only adding to the reluctance of American groups to travel to Israel. Please encourage your perspective clients that it is safe to travel. They will be well taken care of by excellent guides and bus drivers, who are daily aware of the situations and have the safety of the pilgrims first and foremost in their minds. We were blessed beyond words by both our guide and our bus driver. They really became an integral part of our group experience.

Again, thank you for all you did to make our trip a total joy and blessing. We will continue to pray for you and Mr. Smadja who also went above and beyond the call of duty to make our whole Israel experience unforgettable.

Sincerely and most gratefully,
S.G. Group Leader
Arizona

Dear JDI Traveler’s to Israel:

This letter is to express my sincerest recommendation of JDI, having experienced first hand their care and concern for our experience in the land. From a Tour Leaders perspective, the trip was trouble free, thanks to the expertise, care and real concern for our welfare, by JDI.

Since this was not my first trip into that troubled land, I was very pleasantly surprised at the ease with which their expertise and knowledge allowed me, as the Tour Leader/teacher the complete freedom to concentrate on teaching and ministry!

They connected our group to an absolutely fabulous Christian Land Company and Guide in Israel, and both were wonderful to work with. The Land Guide was extremely knowledgeable in the biblical sights archaeologically, as well as the scriptures related to the locations, and the land as a whole.

While some would be travelers are concerned about traveling to the Land of our Lord during these troubled times, I personally almost prefer it. We had great freedom to travel everywhere we needed to be, without fear of interruption. The Land Office kept our guide informed each day, and we traveled in complete confidence in their updates.

The sites that are normally crowded with tourists, were virtually empty, so we had great opportunities to spend more time enjoying the land. We had absolutely no problems anywhere.

All of our group thoroughly enjoyed the time in the land, and are so thankful they were in there at this time.

God richly blessed our time in Israel. May He do the same for you.

D.L., Reverend
Minnesota

Dear Traveler:

Many people call a trip to the Holy Land a “Trip of a Lifetime”. It definitely was for me.

Much of the success of our Pastor’s Fam Tour in the Fall of 1998 was do to the excellent planning, extensive resources, and travel expertise of our friends at JDI Tours.  The Milans have a great wealth of experience from living in Israel, and were able to guide us to the “best of the best”

I was one who for years, though that a trip to Israel wasn’t necessary.  Through my study of scripture, theological books, Bible Courses, Videos and tapes.  I felt I had a pretty good handle on the rich culture, land, and people. Ever heard “it’s nothing like being there?” What an understatement!  Since I have come back, I can hardly read a scripture without a memory from our trip.  I feel ever closer to my Lord and His heart for people.

Reading about Armageddon while standing right there and then hearing the promise of Christ’s return while looking at the Easter Gate form the Mount of Olives made it all so much more real.  There was laughing, crying, intercession, worship, and times of an intense sense of God’s presence.  WOW! Galilee, and the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, and Qumran and so much more…you just have to be there.

Our scheduling, accommodations, dining, and local transportation were handled excellently.  Having a Christian tour guide was delight.  She was able to bring attention to details we would have otherwise missed.  JDI’s office staff kept us in constant prayer and interceded when special needs emerged during the trip.  We were so bless to have such wonderful service and attention to detail by JDI Tours.

I highly recommend JDI Travel for your tour to Israel.  They will make certain that your trip is a “Trip of a Lifetime”.

D.G., Pastor
Michigan

Dear Chris,

Every time I go to Israel, I feel like I am going home and there is such a feeling of anticipation about what the Lord is going to do. And whenever I return to the U.S. I leave a little more of my heart with the people and the land.

Our trip in June was even more than anyone of us had hoped for. Our Guide was not only knowledgeable, he made our journey one we will never forget. We went to places that we had not expected to see, such as the Shepherd’s Field in Bethlehem. The little church there was beautiful and as we sang and worshipped the Lord, His presence was so powerful that we started to pray and one of the ladies on the trip was healed of asthma.

We had a gentle man with us who is a new believer—he is Jewish and this past Christmas he gave his life to the Lord and was baptized on Easter Sunday—he and his wife were re-baptized in the Jordan River and when we were in the Upper Room, he was filled with the Holy Spirit!!! Praise the Lord—He is at work in us all!! Two of the couples renewed their wedding vows in the church in Cana and were blessed in doing so. It was special to be a witness to the love that they share with one another, and to be in the place where Jesus performed His first miracle. Everyone was touched when we went to the Garden Tomb—the peace that we all felt in the garden as we took communion together was something that none of us will ever forget. The Scriptures came alive to us everywhere we went and now that we are back in the U.S. our lives are so enriched by what we have seen and experienced together. We will never be the same. So many wonderful things happened to each one of us that it is impossible to relate everything.

One of the things that each of us came away with was the fact that Israel is surrounded by those who seek to destroy her and how urgently we need to pray for Israel and the Jewish people. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem—Psalm 122:6,7 – may she never be divided.

Our journey would not have gone so smoothly and successfully if it had not been for the wonderful service we received from JDI Travel. Everything was done very professionally and our accommodations met all of our expectations. By the way, all of the meals in Israel were spectacular!

Shalom in Yeshua,
J.E., Tour Host
Virginia