Monday 18 March 2013

Sun, Mar 17 - Jerusalem

Our first morning in Jerusalem!!! What a shock to be greeting by rain and temperatures that dipped to only 13 degrees!! Except for our surreal surroundings we almost thought we were back in Vancouver. Our first stop was at St. Anne's church where we experienced the most amazing acoustics as we sang "Allelua" and "Amazing Grace" . Walking over to the site of the pools of Bethesda where Jesus healed the crippled man, one had to wonder if we would have judged the man who dragged his mat, on the Sabbath, to the source of healing. I wish we could share our group picture taken on the Mount of Olives - but you'll just have to wait until we get home to see that picture. We made our way down the same path that Jesus would have taken on Palm Sunday; those Easter hymns will certainly take on new meaning for each of us. A quiet space had been reserved for us at the Garden of Gethsemane and it was our opportunity to reflect of the pardon Jesus paid for us over 2,000 years ago. I could fill pages with the history we learned about Jerusalem and the sights we saw in the Old City, but perhaps the pictures will portray some of what we experienced. Our day concluded with the opportunity to worship in English and Hebrew at the King of Kings Community Church.

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