Saturday, April 4, 2015

Hi all. As promised, here are some highlight pics from Israel....



Our view of the old city from the Hotel on the first night



Selfie in front of the Temple Mount (had to cover my head)

The Western/Wailing Wall

Praying at the Western Wall

The first station of the cross

Crown of thorns on the ceiling 

View of Jerusalem

In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Sep-la-kr) where Jesus died and was buried

Having dinner my first night with the Jerusalem/West Bank YAGM!!

Dance party in the hotel one night

Overlooking Jerusalem from the Church of Dominus Flevit, where Jesus wept over the city

In the Garden of Gethsemane 

Many languages, one message

Possibly the tomb of King David

Visiting the Israel museum and seeing the Dead Sea Scrolls (a bucket list item)

Also getting to see the giant model of Jerusalem during the time of Jesus

Walking in the market

The potential birth site of Jesus in Bethlehem

The Church at the Shepherds Fields in Bethlehem

Beautiful paintings of the shepherds story



Visiting one of several peace organizations in the Holy Land educating people on the will of God and to love one another

Baptism in the Jordan River

Video of me renewing my baptismal vows

Extremely cold, but I did it!

I got to ride a camel! (another big bucket list item)

experiencing the conflict

checkpoint in and out of Bethlehem

Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem at night

The Bahai Gardens in Haifa

Communion at the Sea of Galilee 

The Church on the Mount Beatitudes where Jesus taught the sermon on the mount and the Lords Prayer

Me on a boat on the Sea of Galilee

Our group photo on Mount Precipice 

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