Wanted to post pictures of our trip in November to Israel. This first picture is our little group with whom we traveled.
We met the rest of the groups in Israel. We had 60+ people from our church that went on the trip. I was a little apprehensive due to all the unrest that they've had in Israel, but everything went very smooth and there were numerous times that tears would come to my eyes at the realization that this was the place where the Lord walked and talked, taught his followers and healed the sick. It was a trip I will never forget, a trip of a lifetime!!!
Two Hasidic Jews walking near the Wailing Wall, reading the Torah.
This was a very common sight, a young woman in the Israeli military with a machine gun strapped across her body. This girl was at a restaurant we ate at. It scared me a little at first to see this, but it is so normal to them. At times we would pass groups of young soldiers that looked just like this.
Pastor Holmes, Rev. Jason Calhoun, my husband, and Rev. Wesley Jackson in the Upper Room.
A street in old town Jerusalem. I thought it was so quaint, reminding me of exactly what I would imagine it to look like. At times while walking down these streets I would think, 'These are the streets down which people walked in Jesus' day, being passed by camels, donkeys with carts, Roman soldiers, etc.' It was an amazing thought.
Nathan and myself taking a camel ride.
This is the Eastern Gate. If you look closely you can see the 2 arches that are the actual gates, but one day they'll open, on that Resurrection Morning!
This was a Muslim mosque we visited. Our tour guide was Palestinian/Christian so he was able to get us in places that the Jewish tour guides could not have visited.
Visiting Ben Yehuda St.
The Dead Sea
Nathan and myself
The mosque at nighttime. Five times a day they have their call to pray, it is a very eery sound.
This is the Wailing Wall. We went down there numerous times to pray.
Another very common sight
The ruins of an old city.
The Jordan River
Some of the group resting in Capernaum.
Nathan and myself outside the gates of Capernaum.
The Sea of Galilee
The boat on which we sailed the Sea of Galilee.
This is the home of Mary, at which the angel appeared to her, telling her she was to be the mother of the Christ.
This is a sign we passed, put up by the Muslim people. Thankful I know the One, True God.
The valley of Meggido, where the Battle of Armageddon will take place.
The ruins of Herod's palace, on the Mediterranean Sea.
