So there is a building on the top of Mt Zion that was built well after the destruction of Jerusalem in 90AD that is a memoriam for the Last Supper. Truth be told, the place where it would have been has been destroyed. What we do know is that the disciples were...
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 weather is the best in the world, year round. We...
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 Promised Land was the same place where later Jesus...
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 reminds me of the scene in “The Empire Strikes...
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 was a great day! While this trip has been loaded with firsts, I had a...
(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 protect the family’s privacy, I changed their names...
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 long been a people oppressed, and...
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 side...cemeteries. Mike tells us that if one wants to be buried in...
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 to use their horns. Our bus driver Hasim included. We love that...
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 on top planted in the terraces. Our crew took pictures on...