holy land pilgrimage arrival sunday november 4 th, 2012
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Holy Land Pilgrimage
Arrival Sunday
November 4th, 2012
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Arrival
• For my own sake of organization, I will call our actual first day arrival. The next (or second) day will be called Day 1 in the organization of photos and powerpoints.
• We went straight to the hotel to eat and rest.
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We landed in Tel Aviv at 3:40 PM (Nov 3rd) local time.
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Bus immediately took us to Bethlehem in Palestine.
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On our way, we drove by Emmaus.
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This was also the site of the Ark for 20 years.
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1 Samuel 7:2 It was a long time, twenty years in all, that the ark remained at Kiriath Jearim, and all the people of Israel mourned and sought after the LORD.
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Kiriath Jearim means city of the forests.
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We also drove by Ramot where Samuel is buried.
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On arrival, the day was spent and the sun was setting. I never realized the wide range of landscapes in the Holy Land – Hills, trees, plains, deserts, valleys, etc. The sun was setting en route to Bethlehem.
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First Day
• We went right to hotel and pretty much right to bed. This was a great way to deal with the jet lag. It was dark when we arrived. The following pictures are actually from the next day.
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We stayed at the Jacir Palace Hotel in Bethlehem, Palestine.
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Jacir Palace Hotel
The Jacir Palace was built in 1910 by Suleiman Jacir, a Christian merchant and mayor of old Bethlehem. In the 1930’s, he went bankrupt. Eventually, it was sold to the British who made it a prison and then a school.In 2000, Palestinian investors bought the palace and expanded it into a hotel.
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We did not use it, but sure would be nice.
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No real bugs in area so open windows had no screens. Cats freely roamed everywhere in hotel at night.
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Across the Street from the Hotel
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Early the first morning…
I found the elevator of the one tower and took it to the roof of the palace where one could get a great view of modern Bethlehem.The elevator buttons at the top were broken. I had to take a service elevator down. In the service areas, I saw cartoon figures warning staff to keep doors locked so thieves, monsters, and masked terrorists with guns and knives could not come in.
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View from roof.
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The Jerusalem Cross
• Shows how Gospel went out from Jerusalem. • Smaller crosses represent Gospels going out
into the world.• Used by early Christians to identify pilgrimage
sites.