A Visit To The Holy Land

A place so rich in history and culture, it fills one with hope and is simply humbling to behold

- Ian And Charlene Jackson

Well, friend, it was an amazing trip we had last year with family and friends from both the United States and Canada. We flew into Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and boarded a tour bus which took us to our hotel for the night. We checked into the King Solomon Hotel In Netanya just before supper and we could hear the sound of the waves coming off the Mediterranean Sea, but it was so dark we couldn’t see anything!

The next day in the wee morning hours, we peeked out from our hotel balcony and finally viewed the magnificent sight of the sea. After breakfast, we got on the tour bus and, even though it was raining, there was an excitement in the air among us as we ventured out towards Caesarea. Over the next couple of hours, we saw wondrous sights, including Mount Carmel where Elijah called the fire down before the Priests of Baal and King Ahab. We travelled through the Jezreel Valley to Megiddo, the Armageddon battlefield. We ended our trip that day driving to Nazareth to visit Mary’s Well, where she was told that she would bear the Son of God.