Today was a good day in Jerusalem! We began with a hassle-free visit to the Temple Mount. Seeing Dome of the Rock and Al-Aqsa mosque is always neat, but you start to sense the tension in the region quite well. We enjoyed relative quiet and then got a quick look at a couple of gates on our way out. Our guide, Anna is amazing and is doing a great job of laying out ideas to develop over our time together.

We then took in Bethesda (John 5), St. Anne’s and part of the Via Dolorosa (the way of suffering – Jesus’ passion steps). The acoustics in St. Anne’s are amazing, and the group sounded great. Another great lunch followed in the Christian quarter in a district called Muristan. We were treated with Falafel, Shwarma, Pizza or Schnitzel.

In the afternoon, we went through the Jewish quarter and a place called the Upper Room today. Much to see, you feel like you could take it all in for days and still have things to see.

We ended the tour at Yad Vashem. Ask someone on the tour about this site. It’s heavy and leaves you wishing for earth to be better. Come, Lord Jesus.

We ended the time together with dinner and then a follow up discussion from our day in a small synagogue here at the hotel. It was great!