Jordan, Day 2: Petra!
Today we got up at 5am to go to one of the 7 New Wonders of the World as well as one of the 40 places you must visit before you die, PETRA! I was stoked about this visit, and it was way cool! Though, to be honest, I wouldn’t rate it in the top […]
Jordan, Day1: Mount Nebo, Madaba, Shobak Castle
July 26, 2010 Today I entered the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan! Our first day was pretty low-key at first: we went to Mount Nebo, the place where Elijah and Moses were translated. It had a nice view and had a monument to Moses’ brazen serpent. Next was Madaba, which has one of the most famous […]
Last Day on Galilee Trip: Megiddo, Bahai gardens, Mt Carmel, Haifa
July 15, 2010 Today we went to Megiddo in the Jezereel Valley. Also known as the Valley of Armageddon. Yep, the place where the final battle will take place before the second coming of Christ. It was an amazingly quiet place–only a little bit of agriculture and archeology happening. It wasn’t a big city at […]
Galilee Day 9: Zippori, akko, al-jazaar
July 14, 2010 Our last full day in the Galilee. Our first stop was Zippori (it means ‘bird’ in Hebrew). It had some really famous, pretty cool mosaics. Bro. Brown made the connection that these mosaics were focused on Abraham and the aaronic priesthood and how it is passed via lineage and some […]
Day 8, Corazin, hazor, dan, banias, nimrod’s castle
July 13, 2010 My day was AWESOME. It was hard at first, because I was super tired as my roommates were up until 1am playing pranks on a girl’s bungalow—which, of course, included the girls trying to infiltrate our apartment to play pranks on my roommates… sigh. Maybe I’m just lame (To be honest, I […]
Galilee Day 7: Beth She’an, bet alpha, gan hashelosha, nain, mt. tabor (mount of transfiguration)
July 12, 2010 I thought Hippo was a cool Roman archaeological dig? Beth She’an blew it away today. It had a huge main road, a complete hippodrome that is still used for events (we tested out its projection abilities and we could hear someone sing perfectly all the way from the furthest seats). They had […]
Galilee Day 6: Hippos
July 11, 2010 Today was another class day. Bro Manscill likes to quiz on pretty minute details… kinda frustrating… and sometimes the details he chooses to go over are a little too tangential for me, but some things are really interesting. We talked about resurrection today. He recommended a talk by Robert J. Matthews on […]
Galilee Day 6, Oldest Temple in Israel, Jordan River, Galilee Branch
July 10, 2010 We attended the Galilee branch today. It was sooooooo cool! Not only did it have an amazing view (which reminded me of the view at the JC itself—but in a very… Galilee way), but there was just a special feeling there. Scott Paul Johns, a man who I always thought had that […]
Galilee Day 5, Gamla, Ancient Synagogue, Kursi, Nature Hike
July 9, 2010 Field trip day again today! I could totally get used to this schedule! Every other day we get to go out and tour the Holy Land!! Today we went to a few… noticeably lesser places. We went to Gamla–where the Roman battled some Jews led by Josephus, old bunkers in the Golan […]
Galilee Days 1-4:Caesarea, Nazareth, Tiberias Lookout, Ginosaur Boat, Beatitudes, Peter Primacy, Loaves and Fishes, Capernaum, Greek Orthodox Church, Bethsaida, RAFTING
July 5, 2010 Today we woke up at 5am and left for Galilee! I was so excited, that I didn’t even let it phase me. I got on the bus and was so so so so excited. I was talking to everybody, commenting on the teacher’s comments (while everyone else was completely out). It was […]