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It’s not every day that you can travel through secret tunnels, let alone King Hezekiah’s tunnel! The day began with a quick lesson from Rich about David and Bathsheba’s promiscuous occurrence, and the attempted cover-up by David. We learned the importance of being where you’re supposed to be and doing what you’re supposed to do. Immediately, we descended into a tunnel originally dug to access the only fresh water source near Jerusalem as the Israelites

After the past few days hiking and driving from the wilderness to the Promised Land, it was finally time to discover what incredible things were in store for us in the city that holds so much historical value. Today’s adventures included exploring the Temple Mount, enjoying the view from Herodium, and a little shopping in Bethlehem. The view from Herod’s favorite palace was beautiful. I could see the amazing places I’ve read about and see

Shalom, everyone! Andrew and Ben here. We just wanted to take a minute and tell you about all the awesome stuff that happened today in Israel. We got to go to a few different sites, hear some incredible teaching, and experience some really cool things. To start the day off, we all grouped up near the shores of the Sea of Galilee and had our devo time. Kelsey shared some questions that she has been

Shabbat Shalom! Michael (Georgia) and Marisa here! Today we traveled to Susita, Bet She’an, Harod Spring, and floated on the Sea of Galilee. Seeing the size of Susita and Beit She’an helped clarify our understanding of the geographical aspect of the Bible. To be able to imagine everyday life in both the Old and New Testament helped us to realize it was not too different from our own. Ronen, our tour guide, made the imagination

Shalom!! It’s Kaitlynn x2!!! (Caitlynn Callan/ Kaitlyn Farris). Currently we are writing this sitting next to the Sea of Galilee. Today we started out at Capernaum along the sea of Galilee. All I could keep thinking about was my savior walked along these shores. We learned that was where Jesus called home. We were able climb Mount Arbel, and oh what a climb it was. We learned about how much war and blood that mountain

We started our hike to a waterfall by seeing ibex, which are the national animal of Israel. After walking for a few minutes, we stopped and looked at some caves. There was a short teaching by Courtney on David running from Saul which is found in 1 Samuel 24. While David was running from Saul he had an amazing chance to kill Saul while he was relieving himself. Because David was trusting in the Lord