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Jericho (Day 6)
Jericho is the oldest city in the world still inhabited. We’re talking over 10.000 years here. Our tour guide, Mike, is a Jericho boy, and he had no shortage of good things to say about his home town. He says…
The Jordan River (Day 6)
I learned some stuff today. Well, to be honest, I’ve learned a lot of stuff every day I’ve been here, but this one is special. I didnt know, for example, that the place where Joshua brought the Israelites into the…
The Valley of the Shadow of Death (Day 6)
Definitely a highlight, although it is impossible to choose a favorite. I talk with my clients often about how the path out of the thinking that is stealing their peace is like the Valley of the Shadow of Death. It…
Tour Life (Day 6)
Day 6 was a bit of a travel day. We went to Jericho and the Jordan river and then back to Jerusalem for a little more touring before heading back to the room a little earlier than some days. It…
Bethlehem Meal (Day 5)
(Before I continue, one brief note…if you are a person I might text normally, I have not been able the send or receive texts for the last 24-36 hours. Don’t worry, I’m OK…just can’t see or send texts.) Also, to…
The Sacred Pit/Caiaphas’ House (Day 5)
After lunch, we got a tour of the Caprice Diamond, hmm, headquarters maybe? We got to see a $230,000 5 karat diamond in their showroom. The Jewish people have been in the diamond business for many generations because they have…
The Garden of Gethsemane (Day 5)
This will have to be my last post tonight, I still feel crummy and have to get up in 6.5 hours. As we continue down the triumphal entry road, (dodging the random car here and there) we see on either…
Mount of Olives (Day 5)
So next we walked down from the top of the Mount of Olives along the road of the triumphal entry. Scary road. One car width and STEEP. Let me tell you, the drivers here are crazy and are not afraid…
The Dome of the Rock (Day 5)
In the upper courtyard there are trees and birds and kitties once in awhile too. Evan is becoming known as the cat boy because he pets the kitties wherever we see one. That’s my boy! Cool to see the trees…
Southern Steps (Day 5)
So it is so hard to pick favorites…again, this is up there for me because I did an entire, lengthy Beth Moore Bible study on this next one. We went back out of the Dung Gate, and walked around the…