Saturday, December 23, 2017
israel trip
This time last year I was fixing to open my stocking which would contain a note saying my husband is planning a trip for is real for the 2 of us! I couldn't believe it..I was sooooo excited!!!! We were going to be going with the new orleans baptist theological seminary group. My husband had asked around to see if anyone local was planning a trip and we were referred to this group. This group is AMAZING by the way..
So the time finally came to leave (we flew out of New Orleans with the rest of the group: about 45 of us in all) and the flight over was a little turbulence..too much for me to sleep so maybe slept an hour if that..not really sure. WE did watch a lot of movies as it was a 13 hour total flight in all. We finally arrived in Israel ..long line through customs but then they heard we were in a group and they let us through quickly! We were then able to change our money over to Israel money.
We then boarded the charter bus and headed to a mall for lunch in Tel Aviv and then went to Ceaserea where King herod had a fortress and a beautiful amphitheater..WE saw so much while we were in Israel (Sea of galilee, caphernum, where disciples caught the fish, mount of beautides, korazim, border of syria (Golan Heights), Dan (abraham's gate), Bet Shean, Lebanon border, mediterranean sea, Akko, overlook of Nazareth, Elijah called on God, Megiddo, Quaram (Dead Sea scrolls), Jordan River, Dead sea, Mandala (where Mary Magdalene lived ), Jerusalem : mt of olives, Garden of Gesthemane, church of the holy sepulcher, Golgotha, jewish quarter, wailing wall, remnants of second temple, upper room, Bethlehem (church of the nativity) Israel museum (where dead sea scrolls are kept) , Garden tomb and where david slew Goliath!
Im sure I even didn't list all of the amazing places! I did want to touch on the testimony of what took place:
On the last morning we were staying on the sea of Galilee I had some quiet time with the Lord and as I was headed back to breakfast I felt the Holy Spirit say " Jenny, turn around"..now the day before i thought that would be nice to see a rainbow since it was kinda overcast and how cool it would be to see one over nazareth or over the sea of Galilee. I didn't see anything so I headed to breakfast and as I was sitting there a rainbow appeared! My chair flipped over and I went running outside and there it was over Caphernum where Jesus did most of his ministry! I did break my phone screen as I was so excited I dropped my phone but at that moment I didn't care!
We were at the Garden tomb and there was a tour guide who was a retired nurse and I felt led to record the end of his talk and he said there was this man from switzerland here a week ago and he said that while he was in the ICU the Lord appeared to him and healed his heart. I thought of my mom how she was healed by God 8 years ago in ICU and saw him as well (see previous post). I instantly started crying and was led to give him my mom's testimony standing in front of the garden tomb to him. It was amazing and highly emotional.
This trip was such a very amazing time! I will never forget it and it truly is the BEST trip ever! I learned so much from our amazing tour guide and the ministers and the students! 
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