Israel Study Tour with Faith Chapel Billings
Apr 24 - May 5, 2023
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Trip Blog Posts
Day 09 - Leaving but Never Forgetting
posted on Friday May 05 2023 at 12:00 am UTC
“As the Mountains are around Jerusalem, The Lord is all around His people.” We started out our last day in Jerusalem singing this song on our way to the Mount of Olives. Overlooking the valley below and the Temple in the distance, we were seeing where 1/2 of all recorded history of mankind...
Day 08 - Temple Mount, Saint Anne’s, Pool of Bethesda, Via Dolorosa (first part), The Israel Museum, Yad Vashem
posted on Wednesday May 03 2023 at 8:00 pm UTC
As you can see from the list of sites visited today, we were quite busy and I am pretty sure we all met our step goal for the day. Our first stop was the Temple Mount with its iconic golden dome. The Temple Mount is so much more than just the golden dome though. Dan gave us a thorough lesson on Muslims...
Day 07 - City of David, Hezekiah’s Tunnel, Herodium, Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity
posted on Tuesday May 02 2023 at 5:00 pm UTC
The first mention in the Old Testament of Jerusalem as the “City of David” is found in 2 Samuel 5:7. Upon winning the city of Jerusalem from the Canaanites, the Phoenicians were sent to build the house of David and it was forever known as the City of David. Walking around this site first...
Day 06 - Bet She’an, Megiddo (Armageddon), Caesarea Maritima
posted on Tuesday May 02 2023 at 12:00 am UTC
Today was all about the lifestyles of the rich and famous, namely the Romans. They were great about picking strategic locations to build great cities. The fertility of the land and the abundance of water led the Jewish sages to say, “If the Garden of Eden is in the land of Israel, then its gate...
Day 05 - Ancient Katzrin Village, Mount Bental, Caesarea Philippi, Tel Dan
posted on Sunday Apr 30 2023 at 10:00 pm UTC
They say that to truly understand a man, you must spend a day in his shoes. This morning we did just that, as we lived as Jewish people (specifically from the Menasha tribe) in the small archeological village of Katzrin located in the Golan Heights. Ok, so maybe we did not live exactly as they did, but...
Day 04 - Mount Arbel, Tabgha, Capernaum, Falafel, Chorazin, Mount of Beatitudes, Boat ride on Sea of Galilee, Peter’s Fish.
posted on Saturday Apr 29 2023 at 8:00 pm UTC
Wow! Today was a very action-packed day on the Sea of Galilee! I lost count of how many times we got on and off the bus and we did not let the much-needed rain slow us down one bit. The clouds and coolness in the air were a reprieve from the hot day we had yesterday. Today was all about walking in...
Day 03 - Living Water
posted on Friday Apr 28 2023 at 10:00 pm UTC
“There’s plenty of water in the universe without life, but nowhere is there life without water.”- Sylvia Earle. This quote rings so true as we compare our last two days at the Dead Sea to our day today being surrounded by the beauty of life that comes with water. Ein Gedi Nature Reserve...
Day 02 - Negev: Masada, Bedouin Hospitality, Tel Arad, Dead Sea
posted on Thursday Apr 27 2023 at 8:00 pm UTC
Well, today was hot and I am pretty sure most of us are a little redder tonight than we were this morning. Driving to Masada first thing this morning, the topography started to look more and more like what you think Israel would look like, hot and dry. In what seemed like the middle of nowhere stood...
Day 01 - The Contradiction of Old and New
posted on Wednesday Apr 26 2023 at 7:00 pm UTC
Today, marks the 75th Anniversary of Israel as a free state. Such a young country in comparison to so many other countries, yet a land full of so much history. As we journeyed away from Petah Tiqwa bright and early this morning, you could not help but notice the contrast between old and new in this land....
Day 00 - Arrival
posted on Tuesday Apr 25 2023 at 8:00 pm UTC
Our group has arrived safely! We are at the hotel and ready for a good night's sleep after so many hours of travel. We will begin our touring tomorrow morning! SHALOM FROM ISRAEL...
Preparing for Israel
posted on Wednesday Apr 12 2023 at 1:35 pm UTC
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