From the Garden to the Grave

Day 4 – Jerusalem – Our tour is coming to a close. We started today at the Israeli museum and saw a model of Jerusalem from Jesus’ day and the Dead Sea Scrolls. We then went to the Mt. of Olives to see a panoramic view of the Old City of Jerusalem. It is amazing to see. Some of us then walked down to the Garden of Gethsemane via the Palm Sunday road (everyone else road the bus). We visited Dominus Flevit which marks the place where Jesus wept when he saw the city and then on to the Church of the Nations which is over the spot where Jesus prayed just before his arrest. There are olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane that are over 2000 years old – so they were there during the time of Jesus’ arrest. We then walked through Old Jerusalem to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (the traditional site for the crucifixion and tomb of Jesus. After lunch and shopping we went to the Garden Tomb for a communion and worship time. We now have to pack! We leave for the airport at 1:30 AM so we will be extra tired when we arrive at RDU. We are looking forward to seeing everyone – but it has been a treasure to be in the place where Jesus walked. Thank you to all of you for praying for us and following our journey. We are so thankful to have had this chance to be here.

Pictures: 1) Overlooking Jerusalem from Mt. of Olives 2) Walking down Palm Sunday Road 3) Church of the Holy Sepulchre 4) Damascus Gate into Old City Jerusalem 5) Garden Tomb – Virginia and Edna got to see the empty tomb!! 6) Lord’s Supper Celebration at the Garden Tomb