My Trip to Israel

Greetings, Hevre!

God has blessed me in providing the opportunity to visit Israel with Walk in the Word and James MacDonald. My wife too has deeply blessed me by relentlessly supporting me in going on the trip. I had an amazing time, worshiped, learned a lot, developed new friendships, and walked with God.

In order to share this experience as best I know how, I have created this page as an index to the blog entries I’ve published about the experience.

First, you can follow the official record / blog of our adventures by tracking the Walk in the Word Israel Blog. Definitely check that out..

Second, read the gospels – the historical accounts of Jesus’ life and ministry:
Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

Next, here are some “leading up to the tour” blog entries in which you might be interested:

• Israel: The Preamble to an Uncommon Adventure
• All Aboard for the Middle East
• George, Lesbians, and the Gospel
• That’s the Sound of my Falling Off the Wagon
• Welcome to Israel!
• Humus, baby!

Finally, let’s get to the meat of it…

Sunday, November 8

• Even Breakfast was Exciting
• Tel Aviv
• Caesarea by the Sea
• Mount Carmel and the Valley of Jezreel
• Tel Megiddo and the Valley of Armageddon
• Nazereth
• The End of a Long Day in Israel

Monday, November 9

• Tel Dan
• Caesarea Philippi
• In the Golan Heights, on the border between Israel and Syria
• Fish Heads at Ein Gev
• Capernaum, Jesus’ Adult Home
• On the Sea of Galilee

Tuesday, November 10

• Mount of the Beatitudes
• Yardenit (Baptismal Site on the Jordan River)
• Bet She’an National Park
• Lunch at Ein Herod
• Our Triumphal Entry to Jerusalem
• Overpriced Olive Wood

Wednesday, November 11

• Mount of Olives
• Necropole and the Eastern Gate
• The Garden of Gethsemane
• Church of Agony / Church of All Nations
• The House of Caiaphas
• Mount Zion and the Upper Room
• Model of Jerusalem in Jesus’ Day

Thursday, November 12

• The Temple Mount
• Modern Gates of Jerusalem
• The Pool of Bethesda
• The Muslim Quarter and Jerusalem Markets
• Antonia’s Fortress
• The Via Dolorosa
• The Wailing Wall
• Bethlehem and the Monument to the Olive Tree
• Ruins of the Byzantine Cardo Maximus in Jerusalem
• Golden Minora of the Third Temple
• Original Southern Steps and the Ruins of the Cardo Maximus of the Second Temple Era

Friday, November 13

• Fortress at Masada
• Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls
• Floating in the Dead Sea
• Coming soon: Dinner Pictures – Meet some friends I made while touring Israel
• Coming soon: The Mafia in Israel
• Coming soon: Sabot Shalom

Saturday, November 14

• Coming soon: Galgotha and the Garden Tomb
• Coming soon: Valley of Elah: David and Goliath
• Coming soon: Shopping in the Christian Quarter
• Coming soon: Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Sunday, November 15

• Coming soon: The Voyage Home