Category: Travel

I can’t believe this is our last day here. The time flew by and I had mixed emotions on leaving. As I was packing early this morning, all the things I have learned about the culture started coming back to me. Advertisements (on television, billboards, etc) didn’t include ‘vices’ such as drugs, smoking, drinking, sexual. […]

This morning we woke up and was sad as this was our last day of the tour itself. We have really enjoyed Israel and felt like there was so much to see still. Dewayne was not feeling well and many people were sweet enough to provide some medicine to keep him going. After a great […]

This morning, Dewayne and I were exhausted from the spiritual attack the night before. At breakfast, I talked about it to a few people and thought it was just as weird as Dewayne and I thought it was. Today was a long day. According to Tito, our guide, we should wear our respectful clothing (i.e. […]

The next morning, we packed our bags and got them on the bus since we were going to Jerusalem David Citadel that evening. Tito, our guide, told us to wear comfortable clothing since we were going to do some walking and be outside in the heat. Oh my gosh, we were going to Jerusalem today. […]

This morning we packed up our bags as we will be leaving Leonardo Plaza (Sea of Galilee in Tiberius) and heading south around 40 km (25 mi) toward the Dead Sea. Last night, we walked the streets of Tiberius and visited several shops and explored street vendors. I tried on a dress, but it was […]

On day five of our tour, we started off the day at Mount Bental Lookout. This is a military base located near Merom Golan (Golan Heights). On the way there, our guide, Tito, explained that the land isn’t fertile due to the fact it is volcanic. Occasionally we saw piles of stones out in the […]

We started the day off with prayer at 6:30am with a majority of the group. It is Sabbath here in Israel. It started at sundown (around 6pm) yesterday and will go on till sundown today. What does this mean? It means breakfast will be simple (nothing cooked). I ate homemade granola with flax seeds, dates, […]

Stop 1: Caesarea Our first stop of the tour was at Caesarea National Park. This is located 57.1 km (35.4 mi) north of Tel Aviv. Harbor & Theater Herod the Great developed this 40-acre harbor into superb magnificence providing space for 300 ships. The harbor was built using materials that would allow the concrete to harden […]

We loaded on a large Anchor transport bus from the Word Outreach Church parking lot and headed toward the Nashville airport (BNA). Both Dewayne and I didn’t know anyone. We were all excited. At the airport, we still had some time before loading on the plane, (our flight was at 1:40pm) so me and Dewayne […]