Our Tennessee group. Back row L-R: Nan Zoller, Joy Gilbert, me, Bryan, George Garrison, Jack Gilbert. Front row L-R: Davis and Jeannie Warren, Gina Hammer, Carole Garrison
Our EO (educational opportunities) group from TN, GA, and ARK.
Picture of Tel Aviv from the air.
Our hotel in Tiberias, Royal Plaza Hotel.
Outside of our hotel.
The Ancient Galilee Boat museum sign.
Art above entrance to museum. (If you have known me for quite a while, you're not surprised I took this picture--all the color!)
How the boat was covered when found.
The boat that dates back to Jesus' time.
Mount of Beatitudes church
sanctuary
View from road.
Two fold on this picture. 1. Foreground: an olive press. 2. Background: Shraga and Dr. Jay discussing. notice Shraga is standing on a stone and Dr. Jay is NOT.:)
Altar at the church over the site where Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves and 2 fish.
This will mean nada to most of you, but for my Mom, I HAD to take a picture of this sign at the Church of the Primacy. These Rock Hyrax were all over our jaunts in Kenya. The funny thing, Mom kept calling them big rats--some of the ladies on our bus were squealing with delight calling them "so cute!" hahahahaha. Love ya, Mom! (Sorry, not wart hogs here!)
Church of Primacy, view from the Sea of Galilee.
Sanctuary of church. This rock is said to be where Jesus told the fishermen to cast their nets on the other side of the boat.
Statue of Jesus an Peter at the Church of the Primacy.
Heart stones between the church and the Sea of Galilee..
Bryan and I by the sea.
Gina, me, and Jeannie at the Capharnaum sign.
Statue in the garden, just before entering the gates.
Temple at Capharnaum, where Jesus taught/spoke.
Peter's mother-in-law's home--where Jesus healed her.
Our boat which took out on the Sea of Galilee.
Bryan and I on our Galilee cruise!:) HA.
Part of the Sea of Galilee.
Jordan River street sign.
Jordan River Baptismal Place sign.
John baptizing Jesus scripture verse from Mark.
Me remembering my baptism. (Bryan's was taken on a friend's camera. When I get it, I'll add it.)
Baptisms in the Jordan.
Bet Shean National Park--Archeological findings, also where King Saul was killed his body was hung in the streets.
Model
Taken from inside the theatre.
Ruin 1
Ruins 2
Ruins 3
Bryan climbed who KNOWS how many stairs to THE TOP of THE hill. Here are a few pics of what he saw.
Caesarea National Park--The Roman Theatre sign
THE foot.
Model of the park.
The Roman Theatre. It was told us that usually they built the theatres to the East, so the sun wouldn't be in the audience's eyes. Not this one. It's facing West, so the sea could help bring the actor's voices to the audience (so they wouldn't have to yell).
Caesarea, hippodrome, etc.
Me, showing scale of this thing!
Hrrod's massive aqueduct.
Bryan and I at the Mediterranean Sea.
Meggido's view of Armageddon.
Meggido manger.
Shraga's Bible.
Bridge to water.
Bryan and I out by the pretty flowers.
Nazareth street sign.
The Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth--where the angel came to Mary and told her that she would bear a son, and his name would be called Jesus.
One of the doors.
A picture of the altar area of the church. Bryan took this picture of a picture in the shop because there was a service going on when we visited.
A statue of Mary outside the church.
Ruins of Nazareth.
The Cana Catholic Wedding Church, where Jesus preformed his first miracle, turning water into wine at a wedding.
The front of the church.
The TN group reaffirming their wedding vows, Bryan and I, Davis and Jeannie behind us, George and Carole beside them, and Jack and Nan behind Bryan.
Ruins from the original church.
The sanctuary.
Today's shepherd boy.
Jericho's main square, with fountain!
The Zacchaeus Tree, probably not THE one, though.:)
The mountain in the Judean wilderness where Jesus was tempted by the satan.
Dome of the Rock through the trees.
View of the Mount of Olives from across the street, the graves, etc.
Shraga, our excellent leader, on a trusty camel.
I just had to take a picture of this sign. It was so strange to me to see these Biblical/historical places on a street sign.
The steps leading down to where Jesus was born.
Jesus' birth spot--or in this area.:)
Another view.
The manger where Jesus was laid.
The Golden Gate
The Old City street.
Pools of Bethsaida, where Jesus healed the lame man and told him to take his mat and walk.
More of the Pools.
Scripture telling how they beat Jesus in Pilate's courtyard.
Jesus depicted, beginning on the Via Dolorosa, the way of sorrows.
The original road where Jesus walked after his beating and mocking.
We're "officially" on the Via Dolorosa.
The station where Jesus fell the first time.
The station where Jesus saw Mary, his mother.
Me on the Via Dolorosa.
We found this entertaining.
A cross carried by a group, on the Via Dolorosa.
Holy Sepulchre Cross
The altar at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
This is the area where Jesus' cross was placed in the rock/ground.
Rock of Golgotha under glass.
Jesus depicted on cross.
Jesus' body taken off cross.
Jesus' body being prepared for burial.
Jesus' body being laid in borrowed tomb.
Anointing Stone believed to be the stone where Jesus' body was prepared for burial.
Candles on the side of the area over where Jesus was believed to be buried in the borrowed tomb. (The actual area was about 15 feet below this area.)
The side of the entrance.
A peek inside.
Flowers in the courtyard of the church.
Bryan and I in front of Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock.
Wailing/Western Wall Sign. The Wailing/Western Wall is where the Jews believe God presence is and never leaves. We noticed when Jews were finished praying, they walked away from the wall backwards--still facing the wall.
The Wailing Wall--divided men and women. I did write down a prayer and stick it in the wall. What an experience!
Jews at Wailing Wall
Jew at Wailing Wall 2
Jews at Wailing Wall
Bryan and I at the Wailing Wall
After our visit to the Wailing Wall, we went to the Archaeological Museum. This is the Temple from the entrance of the museum.
Digs.
More Digs.
Look a the size of bricks that make up the Temple walls!
The "regular people" entrance to the temple. The door is on the left, shaded, and blocked by a wall--you can see half of it. This was the door Jesus and his family used to enter the Temple.
The original Teaching Steps: where Jesus was found by his parents after three days of looking for him.
Our TN group on the steps.
Israeli female soldier guarding weapons while here friends were touring the museum.
Soldier with a pink backpack---Bryan got a kick out of it.:)
Jerusalem written all languages.
Widow's mites.
Sea Level sign we passed as we went down to Masada and the Dead Sea.
Masada was built by King Harod as fortress. This was the last stance of the Jews in 70A.D. against the Roman Empire. Shot of Masada from the road.
Bryan and I at the park sign.
Going up to Masada on a cable car.
Watching our friends from Arkansas arrive.
Two views from top of cable ride.
Model of Masada.
Steam room at Masada.
Roman Ramp up the side of Masada, "hand-made".
Dead Sea from Masada.
Fake Dead Sea Scrolls at a museum.
Cave where Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Close up of cave.
Dead Sea swimmers.
Carole & George, Bryan and I floating away....
Bryan modeling the effects of the mud!
Gina and I showing our muddy muscles!
This man (to the left) is showing us how it's really supposed to be done! HA!
The front of "tear drop" church, in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Side of the church
Bryan walking the Palm Sunday Pass, where Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem.
Me doing the same.
Garden of Gethsemane sign.
Part of the garden.
In the top right, you can see crosses---this is a Christian cemetery in the garden.
2,000 year old olive tree.
Jesus praying.
Church of All Nations, close up on Jesus.
Church of All Nations
Altar in the church, where it's believed that on this rock, Jesus prayed the third time, asking God to take this cup from him, but doing God's will instead.
Church over High Priest Caiaphas' house.
Entrance to the church.
Sanctuary of church over High Priest Caiaphas' house/land.
Courtyard where Peter denied Jesus the third time.
Jail where Jesus was kept for a short time.
Steps outside Caiaphas' place where Jesus walked many times.
Area where the Upper Room was located. The bottom floor is currently owned by the Jews; the middle floor is owned by the Christians, the top floor is owned by the Muslims.
Sign to King David's Tomb.
King David's Tomb. We went in to see--men on one side, women on the other.
The Israel Museum--some of us visited for our free time one afternoon.
We went to this museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is the top of the building where they're kept. We couldn't believe we were actually seeing them!!!
One of three signs to the Garden Tomb/Gordon's Calvary.
Picture of Gordon’s Calvary, the "skull" in the rock that is thought, by some, to be Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified.
Our picture.
Bryan and I near the Garden Tomb.
The Door.
The Garden Tomb. If you look closely at the bottom, you can see where a rut was hulled out for a stone to be rolled back and forth in front of the door.
Plan of the tomb.
The inside of the tomb.
Our communion service, led by Nan and Jack.
Scripture.
Scripture.
Bryan and I on one of the paths in the garden.
Place set up for communion.
Entrance to where John the Baptist was born.
Close up on sign.
Scripture outside of birthplace.
Entrance to the church over where John of the Baptist was born.
Outside of church.
Sanctuary
Entrance to Elizabeth's house.
Place where John the Baptist was born.
Shraga took us to the Holocaust Museum. When you walked in, looks like a tunnel and you weave through, right to left, to see the displays--to finish at the end--the light at the end of the tunnel. It was a very powerful showcase of history.
Shraga explaining the layout of the musuem.
This sign reads, "Garden In Memory Of Children Who Perished In The Holocaust."
The entrance to the Children's Memorial. This memorial was quite powerful. It was a tower that had only six candles, but the way glass was placed, the six candles reflected to represent each child that perished in the Holocaust. While we walked around the circle, each child's name was read, their age, where they lived.
A memorial representing a man who owned an orphanage and loved children.
Gina and Shraga
Bryan and I with Shraga, and Ramie, our driver behind us.
Our Tennessee group. Back row L-R: Nan Zoller, Joy Gilbert, me, Bryan, George Garrison, Jack Gilbert. Front row L-R: Davis and Jeannie Warren, Gina Hammer, Carole Garrison
Our EO (educational opportunities) group from TN, GA, and ARK.
Picture of Tel Aviv from the air.
Our hotel in Tiberias, Royal Plaza Hotel.
Outside of our hotel.
The Ancient Galilee Boat museum sign.
Art above entrance to museum. (If you have known me for quite a while, you're not surprised I took this picture--all the color!)
How the boat was covered when found.
The boat that dates back to Jesus' time.
Mount of Beatitudes church
sanctuary
View from road. 
Two fold on this picture. 1. Foreground: an olive press. 2. Background: Shraga and Dr. Jay discussing. notice Shraga is standing on a stone and Dr. Jay is NOT.:)
Altar at the church over the site where Jesus fed the 5,000 with five loaves and 2 fish.
This will mean nada to most of you, but for my Mom, I HAD to take a picture of this sign at the Church of the Primacy. These Rock Hyrax were all over our jaunts in Kenya. The funny thing, Mom kept calling them big rats--some of the ladies on our bus were squealing with delight calling them "so cute!" hahahahaha. Love ya, Mom! (Sorry, not wart hogs here!)
Church of Primacy, view from the Sea of Galilee.
Sanctuary of church. This rock is said to be where Jesus told the fishermen to cast their nets on the other side of the boat.
Statue of Jesus an Peter at the Church of the Primacy.
Heart stones between the church and the Sea of Galilee..
Bryan and I by the sea.
Gina, me, and Jeannie at the Capharnaum sign.
Statue in the garden, just before entering the gates.
Temple at Capharnaum, where Jesus taught/spoke.
Peter's mother-in-law's home--where Jesus healed her.
Our boat which took out on the Sea of Galilee.
Bryan and I on our Galilee cruise!:) HA.
Part of the Sea of Galilee.
Jordan River street sign.
Jordan River Baptismal Place sign.
John baptizing Jesus scripture verse from Mark.
Me remembering my baptism. (Bryan's was taken on a friend's camera. When I get it, I'll add it.)
Baptisms in the Jordan.
Bet Shean National Park--Archeological findings, also where King Saul was killed his body was hung in the streets.
Model
Taken from inside the theatre.
Ruin 1
Ruins 2
Ruins 3
Bryan climbed who KNOWS how many stairs to THE TOP of THE hill. Here are a few pics of what he saw.
Caesarea National Park--The Roman Theatre sign
THE foot.
Model of the park.
The Roman Theatre. It was told us that usually they built the theatres to the East, so the sun wouldn't be in the audience's eyes. Not this one. It's facing West, so the sea could help bring the actor's voices to the audience (so they wouldn't have to yell).
Caesarea, hippodrome, etc.
Me, showing scale of this thing!
Hrrod's massive aqueduct.
Bryan and I at the Mediterranean Sea.
Meggido's view of Armageddon.
Meggido manger.
Shraga's Bible.
Bridge to water.
Bryan and I out by the pretty flowers.
Nazareth street sign.
The Church of the Annunciation, Nazareth--where the angel came to Mary and told her that she would bear a son, and his name would be called Jesus.
One of the doors.
A picture of the altar area of the church. Bryan took this picture of a picture in the shop because there was a service going on when we visited.
A statue of Mary outside the church.
Ruins of Nazareth.
The Cana Catholic Wedding Church, where Jesus preformed his first miracle, turning water into wine at a wedding.
The front of the church.
The TN group reaffirming their wedding vows, Bryan and I, Davis and Jeannie behind us, George and Carole beside them, and Jack and Nan behind Bryan.
Ruins from the original church.
The sanctuary.
Today's shepherd boy.
Jericho's main square, with fountain!
The Zacchaeus Tree, probably not THE one, though.:)
The mountain in the Judean wilderness where Jesus was tempted by the satan.
Dome of the Rock through the trees.
View of the Mount of Olives from across the street, the graves, etc.
Shraga, our excellent leader, on a trusty camel.
I just had to take a picture of this sign. It was so strange to me to see these Biblical/historical places on a street sign.
The steps leading down to where Jesus was born.
Jesus' birth spot--or in this area.:)
Another view.
The manger where Jesus was laid.
The Golden Gate
The Old City street.
Pools of Bethsaida, where Jesus healed the lame man and told him to take his mat and walk.
More of the Pools.
Scripture telling how they beat Jesus in Pilate's courtyard. 
Jesus depicted, beginning on the Via Dolorosa, the way of sorrows.
The original road where Jesus walked after his beating and mocking.
We're "officially" on the Via Dolorosa.
The station where Jesus fell the first time.
The station where Jesus saw Mary, his mother. 
Me on the Via Dolorosa.
We found this entertaining.
A cross carried by a group, on the Via Dolorosa.
Holy Sepulchre Cross
The altar at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
This is the area where Jesus' cross was placed in the rock/ground.
Rock of Golgotha under glass.
Jesus depicted on cross.
Jesus' body taken off cross.
Jesus' body being prepared for burial.
Jesus' body being laid in borrowed tomb.
Anointing Stone believed to be the stone where Jesus' body was prepared for burial.
Candles on the side of the area over where Jesus was believed to be buried in the borrowed tomb. (The actual area was about 15 feet below this area.)
The side of the entrance.
A peek inside.
Flowers in the courtyard of the church.
Bryan and I in front of Wailing Wall and the Dome of the Rock.
Wailing/Western Wall Sign. The Wailing/Western Wall is where the Jews believe God presence is and never leaves. We noticed when Jews were finished praying, they walked away from the wall backwards--still facing the wall. 
The Wailing Wall--divided men and women. I did write down a prayer and stick it in the wall. What an experience!
Jews at Wailing Wall
Jew at Wailing Wall 2
Jews at Wailing Wall
Bryan and I at the Wailing Wall
After our visit to the Wailing Wall, we went to the Archaeological Museum. This is the Temple from the entrance of the museum.
Digs.
More Digs.
Look a the size of bricks that make up the Temple walls!
The "regular people" entrance to the temple. The door is on the left, shaded, and blocked by a wall--you can see half of it. This was the door Jesus and his family used to enter the Temple.
The original Teaching Steps: where Jesus was found by his parents after three days of looking for him.
Our TN group on the steps.
Israeli female soldier guarding weapons while here friends were touring the museum.
Soldier with a pink backpack---Bryan got a kick out of it.:)
Jerusalem written all languages.
Widow's mites.
Sea Level sign we passed as we went down to Masada and the Dead Sea.
Masada was built by King Harod as fortress. This was the last stance of the Jews in 70A.D. against the Roman Empire. Shot of Masada from the road.
Bryan and I at the park sign.
Going up to Masada on a cable car.
Watching our friends from Arkansas arrive.
Two views from top of cable ride.
Model of Masada.
Steam room at Masada.
Roman Ramp up the side of Masada, "hand-made".
Dead Sea from Masada.
Fake Dead Sea Scrolls at a museum.
Cave where Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
Close up of cave.
Dead Sea swimmers.
Carole & George, Bryan and I floating away....
Bryan modeling the effects of the mud!
Gina and I showing our muddy muscles!
This man (to the left) is showing us how it's really supposed to be done! HA!
The front of "tear drop" church, in the Garden of Gethsemane.
Side of the church
Bryan walking the Palm Sunday Pass, where Jesus rode the donkey into Jerusalem.
Me doing the same.
Garden of Gethsemane sign.
Part of the garden.
In the top right, you can see crosses---this is a Christian cemetery in the garden.
2,000 year old olive tree.
Jesus praying.
Church of All Nations, close up on Jesus.
Church of All Nations
Altar in the church, where it's believed that on this rock, Jesus prayed the third time, asking God to take this cup from him, but doing God's will instead.
Church over High Priest Caiaphas' house.
Entrance to the church.
Sanctuary of church over High Priest Caiaphas' house/land.
Courtyard where Peter denied Jesus the third time.
Jail where Jesus was kept for a short time.
Steps outside Caiaphas' place where Jesus walked many times.
Area where the Upper Room was located. The bottom floor is currently owned by the Jews; the middle floor is owned by the Christians, the top floor is owned by the Muslims.
Sign to King David's Tomb.
King David's Tomb. We went in to see--men on one side, women on the other.
The Israel Museum--some of us visited for our free time one afternoon.
We went to this museum to see the Dead Sea Scrolls. This is the top of the building where they're kept. We couldn't believe we were actually seeing them!!!
One of three signs to the Garden Tomb/Gordon's Calvary.
Picture of Gordon’s Calvary, the "skull" in the rock that is thought, by some, to be Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified.
Our picture.
Bryan and I near the Garden Tomb.
The Door.
The Garden Tomb. If you look closely at the bottom, you can see where a rut was hulled out for a stone to be rolled back and forth in front of the door.
Plan of the tomb.
The inside of the tomb.
Our communion service, led by Nan and Jack.
Scripture.
Scripture.
Bryan and I on one of the paths in the garden.
Place set up for communion.
Entrance to where John the Baptist was born.
Close up on sign.
Scripture outside of birthplace.
Entrance to the church over where John of the Baptist was born.
Outside of church.
Sanctuary
Entrance to Elizabeth's house.
Place where John the Baptist was born.
Shraga took us to the Holocaust Museum. When you walked in, looks like a tunnel and you weave through, right to left, to see the displays--to finish at the end--the light at the end of the tunnel. It was a very powerful showcase of history.
Shraga explaining the layout of the musuem.
This sign reads, "Garden In Memory Of Children Who Perished In The Holocaust."
The entrance to the Children's Memorial. This memorial was quite powerful. It was a tower that had only six candles, but the way glass was placed, the six candles reflected to represent each child that perished in the Holocaust. While we walked around the circle, each child's name was read, their age, where they lived.
A memorial representing a man who owned an orphanage and loved children.
Gina and Shraga
Bryan and I with Shraga, and Ramie, our driver behind us.
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