After lunch we went to Mt Precipice. The corresponding Bible reading is Luke 14, when they wanted to throw Jesus down and kill Him. Let me tell you, the average Joe would not survive being thrown over the side of this thing, there are really nasty jagged rocks all...
Still before lunch today, we went to Tel Megiddo. Tel means like “mountain”. It’s the foundations of 25 cities all built on top of one another, so it’s up a ways now, like a mountain. The oldest part of the excavation was the gate to the city from 6,000 years ago,...
We did a very very short stop to see the remnants of the aquaduct system used to get fresh water to Caesarea. Water traveled 5 miles from Mt Carmel to provide water to the city. It was a short stop, but cool...we collected some neat shells on the shore and got some...
Our first stop today after leaving Netanya was Caesarea to the north. Caesarea was built up just before the time of Jesus around 22BC. It was built as a port city by Herod the Great. This is the Herod that was not real excited about the birth of a new king rumor...
Well, we made it through our first full day of touring. I thought I would share a few non-tourist-destination type things. For example, the food. I’ve eaten more than a few things I don’t recognize, and a few things I do. Last night’s buffet at the hotel was...
Well, we made it! What a marathon. We’ve been up for I don’t know how many hours, but still haven’t slept yet. We arrived safely, took us awhile to get through the line to have our passports checked, but then the tour company greeted us and were ready to load us...
We have arrived safely in Vienna! Whoa was that a long flight. We stood up and walked and went to the bathroom one time for about five minutes, the rest of the 8.5 hours we were seated, sardined in. Evan said he lost part of his soul during the flight. I’m still...
The morning went smoothly, even though neither one of us could sleep much with the excitement! We are at the airport now, eating lunch at Granite City. We got through the first, most lenient of our checkpoints, and had our first devotional and blessing as a group. We...
Hi all! I’d like to invite you all to follow along as my son and I travel to and around the Holy Land for two weeks from Dec 27, 2019 to Jan 10, 2020! I will plan to post blogs regularly while we’re gone; I’m going to shoot for at least once daily. I hope you will...
Nancy Eisenman, LCSW discusses the benefits of forgiveness.