Israel Diaries 2019
I wanted to share some exciting things that I experienced when on a recent trip 11-day trip to Israel with my church, World Outreach. To keep things from overwhelming me (and you), I am going to only provide the highlights, scripture references, and notes I took from each place we visited.
Each day of the tour is going to be a separate entry to allow me to post photos and videos as needed. Below is a breakdown of each day. As I upload posts, I will link those days to the articles and photos.
I hope that these notes I took, the experience me and my husband, Dewayne, had with a group of wonderful people, will inspire you, help you see life from a different perspective, and learn more about God and deepen your faith.
Travel to and Arrival in Israel
- June 19, 2019
We loaded on a large Anchor transport bus from the Word Outreach Church parking lot and headed toward the Nashville airport...
Tour Day 1: Caesarea, Mount Carmel, Megiddo or Armageddon, Tiberius
- June 21, 2019
Our first stop of the tour was at Caesarea National Park. This is located 57.1 km (35.4 mi) north of...
Tour Day 2: Boat Ride and Museum, Mount of Beatitudes, Capharnaum, Ein Gev Fish Restaurant, Yardinet
- June 22, 2019
We started the day off with prayer at 6:30am with a majority of the group.
It is Sabbath here in Israel. It...
Tour Day 3: Mount Bental in Merom Golan, Caesarea Philippi, Tel Dan, Arbel Cliffs
- June 23, 2019
On day five of our tour, we started off the day at Mount Bental Lookout. This is a military base located...
Tour Day 4: Beit Shean, Qumran, Dead Sea
- June 24, 2019
This morning we packed up our bags as we will be leaving Leonardo Plaza (Sea of Galilee in Tiberius) and heading...
Tour Day 5: Masada, En Gedi, St. George’s Monastery, Jerusalem (Old Cemetery, Garden of Gethsemane, Garden Tomb)
- June 25, 2019
The next morning, we packed our bags and got them on the bus since we were going to Jerusalem David Citadel...
Tour Day 6: Temple Mount, Western Wall, Jerusalem Archeological Park, Jewish Quarter, Yad Vashem
- June 26, 2019
This morning, Dewayne and I were exhausted from the spiritual attack the night before. At breakfast, I talked about it to...
Tour Day 7: Western Wall Tunnels, St. Anne, Christian Quarter, Holy Sepulcher, Israel Museum, American Embassy
- June 27, 2019
This morning we woke up and was sad as this was our last day of the tour itself. We have really...
Final Day in Jerusalem
- June 28, 2019
I can’t believe this is our last day here. The time flew by and I had mixed emotions on leaving. As...