Sue and Roger at IAH ready to go Our Pastor and Dottie gathering luggage and Pilgrims Roger and Sue Ceasarea National Park Sue and Roger in front of Mediterranean Sea Our tour guide, Maher with Sue on Mt. Carmel (1 Kings 18) with a great overlook of Valley of Jezreel or Armegedon Sue and Roger overlooking Jezreel (Armegeddon) - it's hard to imagine what will happen here one day (Rev 19) At Mt. Carmel reading scripture and singing Days of Elijah and Holy Ground Roger and Sue at lunch City of Nazareth walking thru the steets of Nazareth2 Pastor read the Bible account of Mary being told that she would give birth to Jesus. We were standing in a replica of what a synagogue would have been like in Jesus' day. Roger heading back down the walkways in Nazareth Church of Annunciation main door of the Church of Annunciation tells the story of the New Testament side doors tell the story of the Old Testament the place of Mary's annunciation Roger on the street near our hotel in Tiberias - this was quite the happening place! Sea of Galilee outside our hotel window getting ready for our boat ride on the Sea of Galilee view of the shoreline from the boat We are really on the Sea of Galilee! Our group singing on the Sea of Galilee Chapel of the Primacy of Peter at the top of Mt. of Beatitudes - Matt 5 Mt of Beatitudes Roger and Sue outside the chapel on the Mt of Beatitudes Sue, Dottie, Roger on the Mt. of Beatitudes Hear ye! Hear ye! That's was Dottie's way of getting our attention on the bus Our guide, Maher, making us some fresh orange juice from the trees there on Mt. of Beatitudes Sea of Galilee Roger and Sue in front of the Sea of Galilee the rock where Jesus mulitplied the loaves and fishes near the Sea of Galilee Maher gave great explainations prior to us visiting any place. Here we are about to enter Capernaum where Jesus spent a lot of time during His ministry. this is believed to be the house of Peter's Mother in Law Sue in front of some house remains in Capernaum This 4th century synagogue was built on top of the synagoge that would have been here at the time of Jesus 4th century synagogue stone from the original synagogue burried beneath the 4th century synagogue for lunch we stopped at a place near Capernaum where Sue had a Peter Fish. Yes, the eyes are all covered up. You didn't expect me to eat him while he was looking at me did you? Time for the baptisimal service on the Jordan River Sue getting baptized in the same river where Jesus was baptized Roger getting baptized in the Jordan River Jon and our Pastor - they baptized 100 people on that day getting ready to cross the border into Jordan the well protected border between Israel and Jordan a teenage Jordanian boy standing on the side of the road. Such sad eyes. They really need Jesus there. They all looked so empty. Sue with a little boy named Eman. He was selling postcards Roger on Mt. Nebo next to Moses' memorial Sue on Mt. Nebo overlooking the wilderness. Israel and Promised Land is just across the way Sue and Roger in front of the serpent on Mt. Nebo Roger and Sue entering Petra - now one of the 7 wonders of the world Sue and Roger at Petra the entire walk down was about 2 miles, then of course you had to walk back up first view of the magnificent treasury. Carved in the rock in 2 AD! Sue with the guards Yikes! I'd rather drive my SUV! It's amazing to think this was carved into the rocks in the year 2 AD Sue with one of the many child vendors in the area Sue with a sweet young lady selling postcards Roger and Sue up high Back in Israel, Sue going in the waters of the Dead Sea Sue and Roger at the Dead Sea Sue and Roger at Zacheus Sycamore' tree Zacheus was a wee little man.... Jerico the entrance to the Nativity Church - The Door of Humility Roger inside the Nativity Church, the oldest church in the world! the entrance into the birthplace of Jesus this marks the spot of our Lord's actual birth Roger on the Mt. of Olives with a view of Old Jerusalem behind him a camel just chillin' - you don't see that every day in Texas a walk down to Gethsemane - the same walk Jesus took on Palm Sunday it was very steep Roger and Sue praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. Olive trees over 2000 years old a silhouette pic of the Eastern Gate where we'll stand with Jesus one day one of the gates leading into the Old City Jerusalem another gate leading into Old Jerusalem the main entrance into Old City Jerusalem The Wailing Wall The Wailing Wall inside Old City Jerusalem the Temple Mount or Mt. Moriah or Dome of the Rock...it's called all three today The Pools of Bethesda - John 5 v 2-9 431 there is nothing sacred about the Via Dolorosa today Sue walking the Via Dolorosa the women praying at the Wailing Wall the men at their side of the Wailing Wall a woman begging on the street a Jewish man waiting on the bus the Upper Room - Dottie read Matt 26 v 20-30 and we sang In Remembrence of Me the Upper Room the door at Caiaphas' house - Jesus was kept here the night after he was arrested - Matt 26 v 57 inside the dungeon where Jesus was kept the night before he was crucifed the hole in the ceiling where Jesus would have been lowered in. There were no stairs into this room in Jesus' day we had a time of silence in the darkness and read scripture Psalms 88, then we sang Jesus Paid it All the outside of Caiaphas' house Entering the Garden Tomb area the Skull Rock - Golgatha Our Pastor helping each one of us into the empty tomb Roger inside It was indeed empty We had a church service and the Lord's Supper in the Garden Tomb area. Sue in front of the empty tomb Roger and Sue in the Garden Tomb area Sue with Maher and our wonderful bus driver A picture from our plane-the rainbow did now show up from the window, only in the picture. It reminded me that God was surrounding us with His protection.jQuery Image Slideshow by VisualLightBox.com v2.4