Israel Trip Day 12 Wednesday 3/14/18 We arose early once again so we could be on the bus by 7:15 am to head out to the Herodium, another hideout for the schizophrenic King Herod! Even though it was only 7.5 miles from Jerusalem it took about 40 minutes to get there due to the terrible Jerusalem traffic! Once again it was another incredible fort built high atop a hill overlooking Bethlehem & the mount of olives in Jerusalem! Unlike the cable car we...

Israel Trip Day 11 Tuesday 3/13/18 Once again that alarm went off way too early! However we slowly got up & had breakfast & headed out for our tour of the garden tomb! Even though we had a communion service here last night we didn’t have time to look around & actually see the tomb! We learned that Jesus was crucified at the place of the skull & we saw a hill very near the tomb that had a rock formation that looked like a skull! The garden ...

Israel Trip day 10 Monday 3/12/2018 Once again James here - Grace requested! I have discovered that an alarm going off at 5:30am is VVVEEERRRYYY Annoying! But once again a quick trip through the breakfast room and like the old Willy Nelson song we were“On the road again!” We were on the bus for a 45 minute ride to our first location. A little side note here, people have been wondering what is the food like? Well, lots of bread, scrambled eggs, fruit,...

Israel Trip day 9 Sunday 3/11/18 James here - Shalom We started our day with a whole group worship service on the southern steps of the Temple Mount. Getting all 14 busses, 600 plus people to the Southern steps of the Temple was quite a feat for sure. We had a dramatic presentation from “Simeon the priest.” As you may remember he is the one who met Mary and Joseph when they brought Jesus to the temple when He was a baby. His famous line was “now let me ...

Israel Trip Day 8 Saturday 3/10/18 WOW! What can I say? I know you have all been missing the blogs but once I tell you about what’s been going on here I think you will understand! Today was an extremely difficult day of walking! I think we walked over 7 miles during the day with no place to sit down for most of the tour! The terrain is very hilly - in fact I don’t believe there is a flat spot in all of Jerusalem. The uneven stone pavement added to...