Day - 23 - The Real Via Dolorosa

View from Mount of Olives on the Old City and Temple Mount

Today we walked a much more historically accurate route of the road of suffering.

This started at the Garden of Gethsemane, where we had a really cool time of communion and prayer.

We also stopped by Saint Anne Cathedral.


Saint Anne was the Grandma of Jesus.


We also stopped at the church of the Holy Sepulcher. 

Day - 22 - Traditional Via Dolorosa

Today we went to the oldest part of Jerusalem, the city of David.


We also got to go to the one place in all of Israel, that we know for a fact, Jesus stood at one point of His life.

This place is the old 2nd Temple period entrance to the Temple Mount. 

Then we walked what is known as the traditional Via Dolorosa, or The Road of Suffering.


This is the way the catholics claim Jesus walked to His death.

Day - 21 - No Place for a Baby

We started the day by going to Herodium, which is a man made mountain that is hollowed out with a city on the inside. King Herod had it built, thus why it is named after him.

After Herodium we went to the scariest city of the trip, other than New York of course...

Bethlehem is controlled buy the Muslims, and there is no government. We had to leave our Jewish guides back in Jerusalem because they are not allowed in.

Masters did find this sweet necklace though.

Day - 20 - David and Goliath

We went to many Tels today, including Tel Beersheba.

Our last stop was the valley where David fought Goliath. 


I picked a smooth stone like the one David used to bring home as a gift for my Dad.

Day - 19 - The Shrine

Today we had an amazing opportunity to have the curator of the Shrine of the Book guide us on a tour of both Qumran, and the Shrine.


Qumran was home to the Jewish sect know as the Essenes. 

This is the place where we find some of the oldest and best persevered writings of scripture.

We got to see a couple of the original documents found at Qumran at the Shrine of the Book.