Monday, March 21, 2011

Israel Days 1-3

Our arrival at Ben Gurion International Airport.  Don't let the smiles fool you....we were tired!  That is a lot of flying, but glad to be finally in Israel!  
Sandy, Talia and I standing out front of the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.  It was a great visit to Bethlehem to see the church that was built 1700 years ago (then destroyed, then rebuilt, etc) that marks the spot where Jesus was born.

We had a moment of prayer inside the Grotto that marks the very spot where Christ was born to the Virgin Mary.  What a true show of the humility of the Son of God, to be born in a cave.

The view from the top of the Mt. of Olives.  You can see the golden Dome on the Rock which stands in the place where the Jewish Temple used to be until the Romans destroyed it in 70 AD.  What a cool city Jerusalem is.
Sandy and Talia standing at the edge of the pool of Siloam.  Doesn't look much like a pool now, but this is the place where Jesus placed mud on the blind man's eyes and healed him.

We spent some time praying in the private garden at Gethsemane where Jesus prayed the night he was betrayed.  

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