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Israel-in-Depth with Rod VanSolkema
June 22 - July 4, 2018
Led by rod vansolkema
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Trip Blog Posts
To Descend
posted on Monday July 02 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Today is the 8th day of our journey here in Israel. We departed from our hotel in Galilee this morning and our first hike was to the Jordan River, south of the Sea of Galilee. This is one of three locations where John is found baptizing in the Bible. The Hebrew word for Jordan is Yardin, which means...
YES and YES
posted on Sunday July 01 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Today’s adventure began by driving northwest to the 1st century TEL-GAMLA, away from the ‘triangle of cities by the Sea of Galilea” where devoted Jews who returned to the home land once lived. Here Galilean Zealots had hoped one day to over throw Rome. Their symbol was a palm tree branch...
It's a walk
posted on Friday June 29 2018 at 2:30 pm UTC
Officially, our tour is called Ancient Paths. Today, we hiked an ancient path. We began our day with a climb up Mt. Arbel. We knew it would be a fun hike when we pulled up to the base of the mountain where several buses were parked and Rod said, “Maybe we’ll see some other hikers today......
Our World and The World of Christ
posted on Friday June 29 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Today was an amazing and key day in our trip through the land of the Bible, the setting of God's continuing story for humanity. The past days we've learnt very valuable lessons, looking at the word of God in a completely new way as we venture into the mind of our Creator and His people. By hiking in...
What kind of fruit do we offer the world?
posted on Thursday June 28 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Shalom. Each morning on this In-Depth Study Tour, I wake up and wonder, “How could this day possibly be any better than yesterday?” And then, somehow, it is. DAY FOUR ITINERARY 6:30am Wake up call 7:00amBreakfast of champions 7:30am On...
God’s love language is obedience
posted on Wednesday June 27 2018 at 2:32 am UTC
“On the first day of the third month after the Israelites left Egypt – on that very day – they came to the Desert of Sinai. After they set out from Rephidim, they entered the Desert of Sinai, and Israel camped there in the desert in front of the mountain. Then Moses went up to God,...
Bitter or better
posted on Tuesday June 26 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Today was an intense day, and honestly it would be impossible to fully tell you all about the things that we learned and experienced, but I'll do my best. :) We started off the day by going to Masada. Masada is also known as "the stronghold" that David took refuge on while fleeing from King Saul in...
Who is influencing who?
posted on Monday June 25 2018 at 2:30 am UTC
Our first full day in Israel was a success! We pushed though the jet lag and exhaustion and packed a lot into a day and ended the day swimming with a magical sunset in the Dead Sea. There is a lot I could say about all we took in, but I’ll take a few moments to lay out what we we did, and then...
We Have Arrived
posted on Saturday June 23 2018 at 2:32 am UTC
We’re here! For many of us, after a year of anticipation & preparation for this Holy Land experience - the day has finally arrived! We joined the big group at O’Hare, had a 10.5 hour flight to Istanbul, followed by a two hour flight to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv, and then a quick...
Preparing for Israel
posted on Wednesday June 06 2018 at 2:37 am UTC
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