MEMO FROM LON SOLOMON RE: FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES TOUR --FEB 28-MARCH 12, 2016

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1 MEMO FROM LON SOLOMON RE: FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES TOUR --FEB 28-MARCH 12, 2016 SAFETY IN EGYPT NOW Hello to all. I want to invite you to join me in 2016 for a most-awesome tour: The Footsteps of Moses. We travel through Egypt up and down the Nile--seeing items of great biblical significance, as well as some of the most exotic and amazing sights that the world has to offer! This is one of my very favorite tours! I love Egypt and I want you to go with me in Not only is the safety fine (the US State Department has no travel warnings or alerts posted on their website for Egypt), but it is also so uncrowded compared to how it usually is in Egypt, that we will have the most wonderful experience at every site, not being jostled around by the usual crowds! I found the following three blogs for your consideration: Unknown Blogger: This is an excellent time to visit Egypt. Tourism is down by about 70% - bad for Egypt, of course, but brilliant for those tourists who do go. Some of the temples were still rather crowded and we tried to imagine what it would be like with three times the number of people there - horrendous, we decided. We saw absolutely no trouble while we were there and everyone was urging us to tell the world that "Egypt is safe." The resorts and hotels seem to be well-protected - and if you worried about everything you read in the press, you wouldn't go anywhere! Marie Vaughn: Is it safe to go to Egypt? is one of the first questions I am asked in almost every I get. I know Egypt is perfectly safe for tourists I know because I lived in Cairo from In March this year I showed an Aussie friend Dave, around Egypt following a typical tourist route. We met up in Cairo, flew down to Luxor, took a Nile Cruise from Luxor to Aswan, back to Luxor for a few days to see the sites there and then back to Cairo. I intended before going on the trip to blog my way through Egypt, seeing it not only through my own eyes but Dave s also. However, that s not what developed Once we boarded the cruise boat, Egypt started to weave its magic I began to unwind and soak up the atmosphere. Over the next few days I managed a few blogs but by the time I got back to Mara House in Luxor I could not write any more. Not because I lost inspiration, but because I was so totally chilled out! For the rest of the trip with Dave I just basked in the beauty of Egypt. So, did I find Cairo etc etc. safe? Yes, safe and wonderful I had kinda forgotten what it was like or could be like for a tourist. I don t know what is going on in the world that still has people asking if Egypt is safe, and I really have no idea why the foreign travel agents are not all clamoring to put Egypt back on their books. I don t understand when I read about the Egyptian Ministry for Tourism trying to persuade tour companies or airlines to return to pre-2011 offers and schedules. I don t understand this because all they have to do is travel around Egypt themselves instead of watching their TV s you know some people think that Egypt is in the Middle East!? Of course there are others who know it is in Africa! Anyhow.I never did get to finish my blogging around Egypt last March but Dave is coming all the way from Australia to meet up with me again in Sept. We are heading off around Egypt together a second time, but this time Dave will get to see more places than he did in March- we just got a little too relaxed on the last trip. He is also looking forward to revisiting the places we did see AND take the Nile Cruise again so am I. Matt Long: I don t usually get nervous before a trip, but I was admittedly hesitant before hopping on a plane to Cairo. Like everyone else, I ve watched the news in recent months as certain areas in the Middle East have imploded. I ve also watched as Egypt has gone through its own revolution, throwing out one leader, replacing it with another even more dubious one, and finally settling on a new government. Things have been quiet in Egypt recently. Sure, everyone told me it was safe, the State Department told me it was safe, but I still couldn t help but wonder.

2 Before I leave for any trip, I get a lot of questions via social media about whatever destination I m visiting. When it came to Egypt though, safety and security dominated the inquiries. And with good reason; it s confusing to know which countries in the Middle East are ok to visit and which ones aren t and, honestly, most travelers err on the side of caution and just skip the whole region. And skipping Egypt is a mistake no one should make. Egypt has depended on tourism for a long time and, for well more than a century, traveling to the land of the pharaohs and visiting sites like the Pyramids, Sphinx, Luxor, and others has been at the top of bucket lists for people around the world. For many of us, it was pictures of those amazing pyramids that first fueled our wanderlust as kids, never letting up until we get that chance to see them in person. To say that visiting Egypt is a once-in-a-lifetime experience is accurate I think. These numbers of ancient and incredible sites need to be seen to be believed. And guess what? There s no one there. On the first day we pulled into the parking lot of Karnak Temple, one of the most famous temples of ancient Egypt and a definite tourist hotspot. We were the only coach bus there. The only one. Five years ago, that parking lot would have been full our guide said. It was a preview to a recurring theme throughout the trip Egypt is open, but no one has noticed. Two years is a long time to go without a job, or at least not much of one, but that s exactly what the millions working in Egypt s tourism industry have had to endure. From our tour director, who holds a Master s in Egyptian History and Archeology, to the hawkers begging us to give them $1 for some postcards. Everyone has suffered and everyone is ready to return to normal. So how did I feel traveling through Egypt? Fine actually, with not one hint of problems anywhere and that s the truth. From Cairo to the southern city of Aswan and places in between, I met plenty of people, ambled along streets and alleyways but not once did I fear for my safety. I m not saying this for the heck of it. For visitors, you will never see Egypt like you will today and in the months, and probably year or two to come. Instead of battling hoards of tourists, you will have the chance to slowly explore some of the most important sites in the history of the world practically alone. I stood in front of the mighty Pyramid of Cheops and I counted maybe 50 other people in the general vicinity of the pyramid. You know, the massive pyramid that s bigger than Westminster Abbey or St. Peter s Basilica? That s unheard of and makes the experience very special for those who venture out to Egypt. So yes, from my point of view I think that now is indeed a great time to visit Egypt. It seems to be safe and stable, deals can be had and more importantly, it s a chance to live out that childhood fantasy I mentioned before. It s also good for Egypt. Those millions working in tourism need money. They re getting more and more desperate, and that s never a good thing. They need to once again earn money so they can support their families and help everyone return to as normal a place as Egypt can get. On my last day in Cairo I was walking through a market and a municipal worker, a street cleaner, looked up at me, grabbed my hand and said, Thank you. Thank you. That was it, but nothing else had to be said and that more than anything confirmed everything I had started to think about beautiful Egypt.

3 LON SOLOMON'S "FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES" TOUR FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 11, 2016 Perhaps after the Giza pyramids, or coincident with them, the great temple of Abu Simbel presents the most familiar image of ancient Egypt to the modern traveler and reader. When the conservation efforts to preserve the temple from the soon-to-be-built High Aswan Dam and its rising waters were begun in the 1960s, images of the colossal statues filled newspapers and books. The temples were dismantled and relocated in 1968 on the desert plateau, 200 feet above and 600 feet west of their original location. The great figures at Abu Simbel represent Pharoah Ramses II s attempt to display his might and strike fear in the heart of any would-be invader from the south. Built in c. 1250BC, the temple of Abu Simbel is a monument to the greatness that was once Egypt s. REGISTER BY OCTOBER 15, 2015 (postmark date), AND RECEIVE A $150 DISCOUNT PER PERSON OFF THE PRICE OF THE TOUR! Note: Even though final payment is due by December 1, 2015, we will continue to accept registrations until February 15, 2016, or until the tour is full.

4 Dear friend, I am happy to share with you the details of our Following the Footsteps of Moses Tour scheduled for February 28-March 11, This tour is a re-tracing of the life and ministry of the great man of God, Moses, as narrated in the Book of Exodus. In addition, we will supplement this biblical data with information about Moses from the famous Jewish historian Josephus as recorded in his The Antiquities of the Jews. We have put together an exciting biblically-centered itinerary. We'll see (1) the place where tradition says Moses was found as a baby by Pharaoh's daughter; (2) the vicinity in the far south of Egypt where Josephus tells us that Moses, as a young Egyptian general, defeated the Nubian army; (3) the actual mummy of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, the pharaoh who refused to let Israel leave Egypt; (4) the palaces and temples of ancient Thebes (modern-day Luxor), which served as the capital of Egypt during Moses lifetime and where Moses spent much of his first 40 years; (5) the Dream Stele of Thutmosis IV (located between the front paws of the Sphinx), which provides us with an astounding confirmation of the 10 th Plague that Moses brought on Egypt by the power of God (Exodus chapter 12); (6) a whole host of archaeological objects at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, which come from the days of Moses and which elucidate and confirm the biblical record of the Books of Exodus and Joshua; as well as much, much more. As always, I will be sharing biblical teachings at each of these sites, explaining the importance of the events that occurred there, and then challenging us to apply these biblical truths to our lives today. In addition to all these wonderful biblical sites, we will also see the greatest wonders of Egypt. These include (1) the great Pyramids of Giza; (2) the Sphinx; (3) the Step Pyramid, the oldest pyramid in the world; (4) the temples of Abu Simbel; (5) the wonders of the Valley of the Kings at Luxor; (6) the actual tomb of Tutankhamun (King Tut) in Luxor; and (7) the location in Aswan where many scholars believe that the prophet Jeremiah (and some Israelites with him) brought the Ark of the Covenant from the Jerusalem Temple (to keep it out of the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC) and where they set up a Temple in exile. We'll see the oldest synagogue in Egypt, built where tradition says the baby Moses was found in the bulrushes by Pharoah s daughter. And also the oldest church in Egypt, which is built over the place where tradition says that Joseph, Mary and Jesus fled and hid from King Herod (Mt. 2:13-20). I will be sharing biblical teachings at these historical sites as well as showing us how much of Egyptian history confirms the Bible. In Cairo, we'll visit the world-famous Egyptian Antiquities Museum where we'll see the incredible treasures of King Tut as well as hundreds of other artifacts from ancient Egypt, several of which have direct connection to Moses, and to the truthfulness and veracity of the Books of Exodus and Joshua. We will also sail leisurely down the Nile on our deluxe cruise ship, stopping at places of historical and biblical interest along the way. As always, this is a deluxe tour. The tour includes breakfast and dinner every day, except on the cruise, where all meals are provided. Here are some other tour details: *For the comfort of our guests, we fly non-stop JFK to Cairo no changing planes in Europe after flying all night! *For the comfort of our guests, we secure your visa for you! *For the comfort of our guests, all long-distance travel within Egypt is by plane, not bus or train (4 flights inside Egypt) *For the comfort of our guests, we are booked on the super-deluxe cruise ship (The Livingstone Amwajj google it!) *For the comfort of our guests, we re staying at the new Movenpick Hotel in Aswan. Those of you who have been to Petra with us will remember the quality of this chain! I am excited that we are able to offer this super-deluxe tour for only $3995 per person (plus tips and taxes see Tour Application and Agreement section) including international airfare to and from Cairo. Please compare this price to a virtually identical tour (their tips and taxes are extra too) by Abercrombie and Kent for which they are charging $6680 NOT INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL AIRFARE TO AND FROM CAIRO! And when you add in the biblical teaching that we offer at each site, I believe you ll agree that our tour is a great value! Please note several other bonuses: *HLP Tours is offering an interest-free payment plan to help this tour fit into your budget. You'll find the details of this payment plan inside this brochure. *HLP Tours is offering a $150 discount for early registrations (postmarked by October 15, 2015). I am really excited about this tour and I hope you will be also. So I hope you ll pray about joining me for 13 wonderful days of watching the Bible come alive in Egypt and allowing the Lord to speak to your heart as well as seeing some of the most exotic and incredible wonders in the world. Please feel free to call me if you have any questions at Hope to see you in February! Sincerely, Lon Solomon PS You can download all the information about this tour (as well as see pictures of some of the incredible places we re planning to go) online at On the bottom of the home page, click on Holy Land Tours and then the Footsteps of Moses Tour.

5 LON SOLOMON S FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES TOUR February 28 March 11, 2016 PRESENTED BY HLP TOURS 8116 ARLINGTON BLVD #302 FALLS CHURCH, VA (PHONE) (FAX) Tour description: This tour is a re-tracing of the life of the great man of God Moses as narrated in the Book of Exodus and supplemented with information from the famous historian Josephus. We will also see the greatest wonders of ancient Egypt from the time of the pharaohs through the days of the Roman Empire. All accommodations are 5-star deluxe and include breakfast and dinner (plus all meals on the cruise). All touring costs are included with the exception of (1) tips for guides/drivers/cruise personnel/porters/hotel staff/maitre d /waiters/etc; and (2) cruise port charges, arrival and departure (airport) taxes, hotel taxes, airline taxes & fees, visas and disembarkation fees--all of which HLP Tours collects with your final payment. Sunday, Feb 28, 2016 Depart New York in the evening aboard our wide-body jet and fly non-stop to Cairo. Monday, Feb 29, 2016 After landing and clearing customs, we head for the spectacular Egyptian Antiquities museum. This museum is home to the world s largest collection of ancient Egyptian artifacts. With more than 100,000 total items on display, if a person were to spend only 1 minute per item, it would take over 9 months to complete the tour of this museum! Among the items we will see are the legendary treasures of King Tut. A small sampling of these treasures has made trips around the world, but here we will see the full and entire collection, which takes up almost an entire floor of the museum. We will also see the Merneptah Stele, a monument inscribed by Pharaoh Merneptah ( BC) where he mentions the nation of Israel. This is the first time Israel is ever mentioned outside of the Bible and this stele has enormous implications regarding the biblical date of the Exodus and the trustworthiness of the Bible. Lon will share a teaching in the museum courtyard about all this. Then, we will go inside the museum for our visit of several hours. While inside, we will also visit the royal Mummy Room where we will see the mummies of Egypt s most powerful pharaohs, including the body of Tuthmosis IV, whose stele we will see at the Sphinx. In this same room, we will also see the mummy of his father, Amenhotep II, the pharaoh who resisted Moses and refused to let the Israelites leave Egypt. The treasures of the Egyptian Museum will represent one of the highlights of our visit to Egypt. After a full and exciting day, we check into our deluxe hotel for dinner and overnight. The centerpiece of the Cairo Marriott is the breathtaking palace built by the ruler of Egypt for French Empress Eugenie on her visit to Egypt to open the Suez Canal in The hotel has beautiful gardens, pools, cafes, and a health club. Tuesday, March 1, 2016 After a wonderful night at the Cairo Marriott and a great breakfast, we travel into the center of Old Cairo to visit the oldest church and the oldest synagogue in Egypt. First, we will visit the St. Sergius Church, dated to the 5 th century AD. Tradition says that this church is built over a cave where the Holy Family stayed during their flight from King Herod (Matt 2:13-15). Lon will share a special message here based on this biblical passage. Then we will go to the Ben Ezra Synagogue. This synagogue was originally a Coptic church built in the 4 th century AD. It was sold to the Jewish community in Cairo and built into a synagogue by the rabbi of Cairo, Abraham Ben Ezra, in the 12 th century AD. Tradition says this synagogue sits on the site where Moses was found in the bulrushes by Pharaoh s daughter (Ex 2:1-10). Lon will share a teaching here based on this passage in Exodus 2. After lunch, we go to the suburb of Giza to visit the Pyramids. Here we will see the 3 Great Pyramids of Pharaohs Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus. The largest of these, the Great Pyramid of Cheops, is 753 feet square at the base and 478 feet tall. It was built out of 2.3 million stone blocks and is the only remaining wonder of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. When he was here in 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte calculated that with the stones of these 3 pyramids, a wall 10 feet high and 1 foot thick could be built around all of France! You will have the opportunity to wander between all 3 pyramids and take pictures. After our visit to the Pyramids, we will travel the few hundred yards to the amazing Sphinx SPHINX WITH CHEPHREN S PYRAMID INTEREST FREE PAYMENT PLAN HLP Tours is offering an interest free payment plan for Lon Solomon s Footsteps of Moses Tour. Here is how it works (per person): 1. You fill out the registration form, check the no interest plan box and send it to HLP Tours with your deposit check of $ By December 1, 2015, you will pay 70% of your total tour cost (note: your deposit counts toward that figure) 3. The remainder of the trip cost will be delayed until after you return from the tour. 4. Upon your return, you will pay the remainder of the money owed in four (4) equal monthly payments to HLP Tours. 5. You may pay off the amount due in full at any time, before or after the tour. 6. There is no interest or carrying charges. This payment plan is offered as a courtesy to guests of HLP Tours. THE MERNEPTAH STELE THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM IN CAIRO To get a first hand look at the first historical mention of the nation of Israel outside of the Bible, join us on this wonderful tour.

6 This strange stone monument, with the body of a lion, the head of a man and the headdress of a pharaoh, is of uncertain origin, but scholars agree that it is at least 4500 years old. We will go inside the Sphinx compound where we will have the opportunity to see the Sphinx up close and take pictures. Located between the front legs of the Sphinx is a stele (an inscribed vertical stone slab) that was erected by Pharaoh Tuthmosis IV ( BC) which has a very important connection to the biblical account of the Exodus. Lon will give a teaching here at the Sphinx that talks about this stele and how it helps to confirm the accuracy of the Bible s account of Moses and the biblical date of the Exodus. We will then give those who wish the chance to go on a camel ride around the Sphinx and Pyramid area, a ride that you will remember forever! Finally, for today, we head into Old Cairo to the El Khalili Bazaar. This famous collection of shops and stores covers acres of Old Cairo and is a bargain-hunter s paradise. Try your skill at bargaining with the shopkeepers or simply sit at a coffee house as you watch the activity in the bazaar all around you. No one ever forgets their visit to the El Khalili bazaar and neither will you! After a full day, we return to our deluxe hotel for dinner and overnight. Wednesday, March 2, 2016 After a hearty breakfast, we head for the near-by towns of Memphis and Saqqara. Memphis was the first capital of united Upper and Lower Egypt under its first pharaoh, Menes, who built the city in 3100 BC. Along with the remains of this ancient city of grandeur, we will also see two of the greatest items in Egyptian archaeology: (1) a colossal limestone statue of Pharaoh Rameses II ( BC) and (2) the Alabaster Sphinx, a copy of The Sphinx carved out of a single block of alabaster. After visiting Memphis, we will travel the 3.5 miles to ancient Saqqara. Saqqara was the burial grounds for the city of Memphis and remained in use as a royal burial site for over 3,000 years. The highlight of Saqqara will be our visit to the Step Pyramid. The Step Pyramid was the first pyramid ever built in Egypt. It was constructed for Pharaoh Djoser around 2600 BC by his famous architect Imhotep. It was also the world s first large stone structure. We will have the chance to see this magnificent structure up close. We will also visit a near-by tomb and see some incredible hieroglyphic wall paintings there whose colors are still bright after 45 centuries! Next, THE STEP PYRAMID OF DJOSER we will visit the nearby city of Dashur. Dashur, which only opened to the public in 1998, is one of the most tranquil and awe-inspiring pyramid sites in Egypt. It contains five pyramids dating back as far as 2550BC. First, we will go to the Red Pyramid, named for the pinkish limestone from which it is made. This pyramid was built in 2250BC by Pharaoh Sneferu, the father of Cheops who built the largest of the three great pyramids in Giza. We will have the opportunity to climb into the burial chamber of this pyramid, an incredible experience you will never forget. Next, we will visit the near-by Bent Pyramid. This pyramid was also built by Pharaoh Sneferu just prior to the Red Pyramid. As you will see, the builders miscalculated the angles for this pyramid and had to make a correction ( bend it) halfway through its construction. The Bent Pyramid was the first pyramid in Egypt to have been planned as a true pyramid as opposed to a stepstone pyramid like the step pyramid we saw at Saqqara earlier in the day. We will have time to walk around this pyramid and examine it. After a full day of sightseeing, we return to the magnificent Marriott hotel for a relaxing afternoon, dinner and overnight. Thursday, March 3, 2016 After a restful night and a sumptuous breakfast, we will travel back into Old Cairo and stop at the Citadel and the famous Muhammad-Ali Mosque located inside the walls of the Citadel. The Citadel sits on the highest point in the city of Cairo. When the famous Muslim leader Saladin (the man who later defeated the Crusaders in the Holy Land) came to Cairo in 1168 AD, he recognized the strategic nature of this hill and constructed this fortress from which Cairo was ruled for the next 700 years. In the early 1800 s, Muhammad-Ali, caliph of Egypt under the Ottoman Empire, constructed an enormous mosque inside the Citadel that was modeled on The Blue Mosque in Istanbul. For the last 200 years, the Mohammad-Ali Mosque has dominated the Cairo skyline. We will visit this impressive structure. Inside the mosque s courtyard, we will also see a huge gilded clock tower given to Muhammad-Ali by King Louis Phillippe of France in exchange for the Egyptian obelisk that stands today in the Place de la Concorde in the center of Paris. It is safe to say the French got the better end of the bargain since the clock has never worked! We will go inside the mosque and allow you to see the beautiful architecture and decorations. Then, Lon will share a teaching here about Islam. After lunch, we will head for the airport to catch our flight to Luxor. After landing, we will check into our super-deluxe cruise ship and rest up for dinner. Dinner and overnight on our deluxe cruise ship. Friday, March 4, 2016 After another great breakfast, we begin a full day at Luxor, one of the most incredible archaeological locations in the world. Luxor (ancient Thebes) was the capital of Egypt from BC and it remained the spiritual center of Egypt for centuries after that. Luxor s sites divide into two groups: those on the east bank of the Nile and those on the west bank. We will begin on the east bank of the Nile, visiting the magnificent temples there. Included in our visit will be the Temple of Luxor finished by Rameses II in c BC. and Lon will share a teaching here about how the capital of Egypt being here at Thebes during the time of Moses confirms the accuracy of the Bible. Afterwards, we visit the Temple of Karnak. The scale of this temple surpasses all other pharonic temples. The temple covers over 100 acres and is considered the most majestic archaeological dig in all of Egypt. After lunch, we cross to the west side of the Nile. The west bank of the Nile was used as the burial grounds for the Pharaohs. Here we will visit the burial temple of Queen Hatshepsut, the only woman to ever rule Egypt and the daughter of Pharaoh who found Moses in the bulrushes of the Nile (Ex 2:5) and adopted Moses as her son. She took over Egypt after the death of her father Thutmosis I in 1490 BC and ruled until her infant son assumed the throne as Pharaoh Thutmosis III in 1468 BC. Once he assumed power, Thutmosis III sought to erase all memory of his mother by deliberately eradicating her name and image throughout Egypt. The effects of his campaign against her can be seen even here at her TEMPLE OF HATSHEPSUT

7 burial sight. Next we visit the Valley of the Kings, where the tombs of 62 pharaohs are located. Most important of these is the Tomb of Tutankhamen (King Tut), whose treasures we saw earlier in the tour at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. We will go into this famous tomb, discovered in 1922 by Howard Carter. Lon will also share a devotional here about how the discoveries inside this tomb confirm the accuracy of the Bible and many details from the life of Moses. After an exciting day, we return to our deluxe cruise ship for dinner and overnight. Saturday, March 5, 2016 Today, we set sail from amazing Luxor and head south towards Aswan. Along the way, our ship will dock at Edfu where we will go by horse carriage to the impressive ancient temple of Horus (the falcon-headed god) at Edfu. Built between BC, this is the best-preserved ancient temple in Egypt and is a breathtaking sight. After a relaxing tour of this temple, we return to our cruise ship to enjoy lunch and a relaxing afternoon sailing leisurely on the Nile. Dinner and overnight on our deluxe cruise ship. Sunday, March 6, Continuing our relaxing journey on the Nile, we will dock at Kom Ombo, site of the famous double temple to the falconheaded god Horus and to Sobek, the crocodile god (since many Nile crocodiles sunbathed at this site in ancient times). After our visit to Kom Ombo, we return to our deluxe cruise ship for dinner and overnight. Monday, March 7, 2016 After breakfast, we say a fond farewell to our cruise ship & transfer to the fabulous Movenpick Hotel. The hotel sits on the Elephantine Island in the middle of the Nile. After getting settled into our new rooms, we will grab some lunch, and then head for the Aswan Dam, where Lon will give a teaching on the flooding of the Nile, the building of the dam, and its impact on Egypt. Lon will also speak about Aswan. In the days of Moses, Aswan was where Egypt ended and Nubia (modern day Sudan) began. In the days of Jesus, Aswan marked the southernmost town of the Roman Empire. Josephus records that, as a general in Pharaoh s army in his youth, Moses undertook a highly successful military campaign against the Nubians here in the area of Aswan and became a national hero. Lon will share a teaching here based on this and will talk about how this extra-biblical information possibly connects with Moses flight from Egypt as narrated in Exodus chapter 2. We will spend the day touring Aswan. We will see the Aswan Dam as well as the famous unfinished obelisk. Dinner and overnight at the wonderful Movenpick Hotel. Tuesday, March 8, 2016 After a relaxing night, we rise to enjoy a sumptuous breakfast at our hotel. After breakfast, we head out to visit the incredible Temple of Philae. This ancient Egyptian temple, built to honor the goddess Isis, was partially submerged as a result of the construction of the Aswan Dam. Concerned about losing the temple forever, UNESCO and the Egyptian Antiquities Department completely disassembled the temple and moved it in its entirety to higher ground nearby. The project took almost 10 years to complete but, today, visitors are able to see this marvelous piece of construction again safely. After spending the morning at the temple of Philae we will take time for a relaxing lunch. Then, after lunch, we will head to the outdoor bazaar in Aswan, called The Souk. You will be able to shop here, as well as at any of the shops that line the old streets. Walking around old Aswan, one feels as if they had warped back in time to British Colonial days in Egypt. You can also have high Tea at the marvelous wood-pyloned terrace at the Old Cataract Hotel as you watch the white-sailed felucca boats glide by. Dinner and overnight at our deluxe hotel. Wednesday, March 9, 2016 For those not going to Abu Simbel: You will enjoy a relaxing free day. After a leisurely breakfast, you can enjoy the pool at the Movenpick, or go into Aswan for walking and shopping. Be sure to consider having high tea at the historic Old Cataract Hotel on the beautiful patio overlooking the Nile. For those going to Abu Simbel: We rise early and head off to the airport, where we will catch our short flight to Abu Simbel, located 175 miles south of Aswan. Once we land, we will take the short ride to see the magnificent temples at Abu Simbel. These two temples represent a most striking image of the grandeur of ancient Egypt, second only to the Pyramids. They were built by Pharaoh Rameses II ( BC) and took 30 years to finish. At the larger temple (see picture on brochure cover), each of the four seated statues of Rameses II stand 67 feet high and is sculpted directly from the rock face. Nearby is a temple dedicated to Rameses wife, Nefertari. Both of these temples were threatened by the waters of Lake Nasser after the construction of the Aswan Dam. As a result, in an amazing feat of modern engineering that took four years to complete, the temples were dismantled block-by-block and reassembled 200 feet above their original location, with every block in the exact same relationship to each other and with the entire temple in the exact same relationship to the sun. Lon will give a teaching here standing outside this magnificent temple. Inside the temple, we will see (recorded in the wall) Rameses II s account of his victory over the Hittites at the Battle of Kadesh in 1285 BC, a battle that actually helps confirm the reliability of the Bible as Lon will explain to everyone. We then walk the short distance to visit the temple dedicated to Rameses wife, Nefertari. After spending several hours here at Abu Simbel, we will fly back to Aswan. After a full day, we return to our deluxe hotel for dinner and overnight. Thursday, March 10, 2016 After another wonderful night at the deluxe Movenpick Hotel and a sumptuous breakfast, we will enjoy a relaxing felucca boat ride along the waters of the Nile. Then, we dock at Kitchener s Island. Named after the British General Lord Horatio Kitchener, famed for his military campaigns against the Sudanese in the early part of the 20 th century, Kitchener also loved exotic plants and trees. He imported species of such from all over Africa and established the famous botanical garden on the island. In the early morning, this shady garden, full of bird songs and sweet fragrances, makes a perfect beginning-of-the-day experience for us. Following lunch, we will sail around the famous Elephantine Island in the middle of the Nile. This island was inhabited from before the days of the pharaohs. It has a number of interesting sights, but none more intriguing than the ruins of Yebu on the southern tip of the island. Here archaeologists have found a temple from the 6 th century BC dedicated to Yahweh, the God of Israel. Presumably, it was built by a Jewish colony that fled Jerusalem just before its capture by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC. Also, there were a number of written documents found here at Elephantine (the Elephantine papyri) which confirm the historical integrity of major portions of the Bible. Many Scholars believe that the prophet Jeremiah accompanied these Israelite refugees and brought the Ark of the Covenant here to Elephantine with him to keep it from falling into the hands of the Babylonians (Jeremiah 42-43). Lon will share a teaching on all of this here at Elephantine. Dinner and overnight at our deluxe hotel. Friday, March 11, 2016 This morning we head to the airport for our flight back to New York, cherishing the wonderful memories and experiences of Following the Footsteps of Moses.

8 TOUR APPLICATION AND AGREEMENT 1. Tour Agreement with Holyland Pilgrimage Tours ( HLP Tours, ) Mevaseret Zion, Israel. Your tour agreement is with Holyland Pilgrimage Tours (HLP Tours) in Mevaseret Zion, Israel, and not with the tour host, guides or drivers. The terms set forth in this Tour Application and Agreement will become a binding contract when HLP Tours receives and accepts your signed application and deposit. Your submission of this Tour Application and payment of the deposit constitutes passenger acceptance of all terms, conditions, assumptions of risk, and releases from liability set forth in this Tour Application and Agreement. 2. Price. Tour price including coach airfare and two-people-per room accommodations, is $3995 per person. 3. Deposit. The deposit, which must be submitted with your registration form, is $750 per person. 4. Payment. Your deposit, payable to HLP Tours, must be submitted with your registration form. Your final payment must be made on or before December 1, If you choose the no interest plan, your payment of 70% of your total trip cost must be paid by December 1, 2015 with the remainder paid on or before July 1, Cancellation and Deposit. If you cancel for any reason more than 145 days before the date of departure, the cancellation fee is $750 per person (the entire deposit). If you cancel for any reason within 145 days of departure, the cancellation fee is 100% of the total tour price for each person. These cancellation fees are firm. THUS, HLP TOURS URGES YOU TO OBTAIN TRAVEL INSURANCE. (NOTE: TRAVEL INSURANCE INFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY HLP TOURS WHEN YOU REGISTER FOR THE TOUR.) 6. Tips. Your tips for guides, drivers, hotel personnel, cruise personnel, waiters, porters, etc. are not included in the price of the tour. You will be required to pay $495 per person for tips. This amount will be collected by HLP Tours with your final payment. HLP Tours will handle distribution of all tips during the tour. 7. Accommodations. Your accommodations will be in deluxe hotels and aboard a deluxe cruise ship. Price is based on two persons in a room. HLP Tours will match up individual travelers with roommates. If this is impossible, the last single-person traveler to register must pay the single supplement. 8. Meals. Your meals will be breakfast and dinner throughout the program plus all meals on the cruise. 9. Guide. Your sightseeing includes an English-speaking guide and all entrance fees to sights listed in the program. 10. Items not included. Not included in the base price are (1) tips for guides, drivers, hotel and dining room staff, cruise ship personnel, etc; (2) Egypt arrival and departure taxes; (3) USA arrival and departure taxes; (4) airline taxes and surcharge fees; (5) hotel taxes; (6) cruise port charges (taxes); (7) personal items such as laundry and drinks; (8) excess baggage charges; (9) transfers other than with the group; and (10) visas. At the time of publication of this brochure, all taxes and fees totaled $755 plus $89 cruise port charges per passenger. Any additional fuel surcharges imposed by the airlines after the published price of the tour has been released will be the sole responsibility of the passenger. 11. Airline arrangements. Your airline arrangements will be finalized and your ticket written by HLP Tours a minimum of 145 days prior to departure. Once your ticket has been written, it cannot be re-written or refunded. Your flight times are subject to change without advance notice. HLP Tours is not responsible for changes and delays in airline schedules and does not reimburse passengers for expenses resulting from delays (your travel insurance will normally cover these fees). If the airlines change flight schedules, HLP Tours reserves the right to shorten or lengthen the itinerary accordingly. Occasionally, an increased cost may occur, which will be your responsibility. Also, the airlines may change the cost of business class seats at their sole discretion after this brochure has gone to press. Any such increase will be added to the published price of business class and you will be informed of such a change when your request for business class is received by HLP Tours. Business class seats must be paid in full prior to confirmation and may not be fully refundable even if cancelled more than 145 days prior to departure. 12. Itinerary and Possible Changes To Itinerary. HLP Tours agrees to provide the itinerary described herein, subject to the following: HLP Tours reserves the right to alter the published itinerary in its sole discretion without advance notice and/or while the tour is in progress.

9 13. Possible Cancellation of Tour. HLP Tours reserves the right to withdraw, cancel or change the tour, in whole or in part, at any time, in its sole discretion. In the event of the tour being canceled for unforeseen circumstances, the cancellation and refund policy as stated herein shall apply. 14. Possible Revocation of Right to Travel Before or During. HLP Tours reserves the right to refuse or revoke travel to anyone who is determined to be, in the sole judgment of HLP Tours, incapable of group travel. If this determination is made while the tour is in progress, HLP Tours reserves the right to send any passenger home early. In such cases, there will be no refund for any unused services. 15. Assumption of Risk in View of the Inherent Risks and Dangers of International Travel. International travel involves certain inherent risks and dangers, including without limitation the following: (1) There is a risk of accident, serious injury and even death during travel by air, bus, boat or other means of conveyance, and at all other times during the tour; (2) There is a risk of negligence by private carriers used during the tour or their employees; (3) There is a risk of crime and theft; (4) There is a risk of violent attack by terrorists. Some or all of the destinations indicated in the itinerary may be covered by travel warnings or advisories issued by the U.S. State Department before or during the tour. Some of the specific destinations indicated on the itinerary may present more significant risk than others. HLP Tours and your tour host will endeavor to take reasonable precautions to avoid risks. However, there can be no guarantee that they will be successful in doing so. Accordingly, by signing this application, which will become a binding contract when accepted by HLP Tours, you are voluntarily and expressly agreeing to assume all such risks and hold HLP Tours and the tour host harmless for any injury or loss that may occur as a result of such risks, and to release them from any and all liability, claims or causes of action that may arise from the occurrence of such risks. HLP Tours and the tour host assume no liability whatsoever for actions by any person, or that result for any reason, outside the direct control of HLP Tours, including but not limited to events such as strikes, revolts, terrorist actions, civil unrest, wars, natural disasters, inclement weather, closures of airports or hotels, or the breach of contract, negligence or misconduct of any private carrier used during the tour. HLP Tours and the tour host are not responsible for any injury or loss that may occur while you are on board any airplane, bus, boat or other commercial carriers provided by HLP Tours under this Tour Agreement. 16. Release from Liability For Loss Or Injury Resulting From Ordinary Negligence. Except for the gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing of HLP Tours, its direct employees, or the tour host, HLP Tours assume no liability or responsibility for any loss, injury, inconvenience, illness, or damage of any kind (including general and consequential damages) occasioned by the ordinary negligence of such persons or by other circumstances and risks outside of their control. 17. Liquidated Damages For Breach Of Tour Agreement. In the event of a breach of contract by HLP Tours, HLP Tours will pay you as liquidated damages (not as a penalty) an amount equal to the total price you have paid for the tour. In no event will HLP Tours be liable for loss of profits or any special, incidental, or consequential damages, however caused, even if HLP Tours has been advised of the possibility of such damages. Any action arising under this Tour Agreement or because of its breach must be commenced within one year after the cause of action accrues. From the nature of the services to be provided by HLP Tours, it is impracticable and extremely difficult to fix the actual damages, if any, that you may incur as a result of HLP Tours s failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement. Accordingly, if HLP Tours is found liable for loss or damage arising from breach of this agreement, its liability will be limited to the refund to you of an amount equal to the total amount you paid for the tour as liquidated damages and not as a penalty, and this remedy shall be exclusive. PRICE INFORMATION Footstep of Moses Tour Price:... $3,995 Day at Abu Simbel $250 (in additional to the base price). Land-Only - the following flights are not included in the land-only tour price:... $3,595 (1) flight USA to/from Cairo; (2) flight from Cairo to Luxor on March 3 (cost = $180 per person) (3) flight from Aswan to Cairo on March 11 (cost = $180 per person) Single Room... $1,300 Business Class Upgrade: (Per Person Roundtrip & above the base price of $3,995)... Please Call EARLY DEPOSIT DISCOUNT REGISTER BY OCTOBER 15, 2015 (POSTMARK DATE) AND RECEIVE A $150 DISCOUNT PER PERSON OFF THE TOUR.

10 REGISTRATION FORM THE FOOTSTEPS OF MOSES TOUR (FEBRUARY 28 MARCH 11, 2016) Fill out & send to: HLP TOURS, 8116 Arlington Boulevard #302, Falls Church, VA along with $750 deposit per person payable to HLP Tours phone: 703/ fax: 703/ PLEASE REGISTER ME FOR (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY): The Footsteps of Moses Tour Abu Simbel 1-Day Excursion (March 9) I prefer to go land-only I prefer a single room ($3,995 per person) ($250 per person) ($3,595 per person) ($1,300 per person) I prefer to fly business class (additional expense above base tour price of $3,995) (please call) PLEASE NOTE: THE ABOVE PRICES DO NOT INCLUDE CHARGES FOR TAXES, FEES, AND TIPS. I WISH TO USE THE NO-INTEREST PLAN PERSONAL INFORMATION: Register By October 15, 2015 (Postmark Date) and receive a $150 Early Deposit Discount on the cost of the tour. FINAL PAYMENT DUE DECEMBER 1, 2015 PASSPORT NAME: (Dr. / Rev. / Mr. / Mrs. / Ms) NAME PREFERENCE FOR NAME TAG: ADDRESS: CITY: STATE: ZIP: AGE: PHONE: MALE: FEMALE: MY ROOMMATE'S NAME IS: SIGNATURE (REQUIRED FOR EACH PASSENGER): I have read and understand the Tour Application and Agreement, including paragraph 5 (cancellation) and paragraphs (assumption of risk and releases from liability). I agree to all of the terms and conditions set forth therein. I understand that my agreement is with HLP Tours, Mevaseret Zion, Israel exclusively, and any liability for breach of this agreement rests with HLP Tours alone. SIGNED: DATE: SIGNED: DATE:

11 Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo Marriott Hotel Cairo Bust of Nefertiti Egyptian Museum in Cairo Sarcophagus of King Tut in the Egyptian Museum (243 pounds of pure gold)

12 Inside the Egyptian Antiquities Museum Cairo Famous Gold Mask of King Tut The Three Pyramids at Giza Dream Stele of Thutmosis IV between the Legs of the Sphinx

13 The Sphinx and the Great Pyramid in Giza Inside King Tut's Tomb in Luxor Temple of Hatshepsut - Pharaoh's daughter who found Moses Abu Simbel Temple

14 Abu Simbel Temple of Ramses II The Temple of Edfu Temple of Kom Ombo at Night Inside the Temple of Edfu

15 Luxor Colossi of Memnon in Luxor Temple of Luxor from the air Nile Cruise Boat

16 The Luxor Temple Serene and Beautiful Aswan Wall Paintings From the Tomb of Rameses III in Luxor Kitchner's beautiful botanical garden in Aswan

17 Felucca Boats on the Nile in Aswan Temple of Philae in Aswan Movenpick Hotel Aswan