Really, there aren't words to describe everything we've seen, touched and experienced. With time, we'll be more able to take it in. But, on the other hand, our first impressions will never be more fresh than they are right now.
All that said --- here's my thought --- I'm going to try to somehow keep things relatively brief, and maybe post a few of the very best pics, with descriptions, from each day. What an incredible place. Even as I write this, I'm still coming off of the experience of walking with a few of our group through the old city of Jerusalem, right after dinner. We did travel as a group (about 12 of us), and we walked part of the Via Dolorosa (the path that Christ walked while carrying the cross), and ended at the Wailing Wall, the western wall of the Temple that was destroyed in 70 A.D.
Tonight is Sabbath, and so things were virtually deserted and we had easy access. I could go on and on about that experience of prayer. These were the foundation stones of the temple in Jesus' time, and we were able to touch them, to see the thousands of prayers that have been written and jammed into the cracks and crevices, and pray. Even though I was by myself in that spot (Holly was on the other side of a divided area --- women and men aren't allowed to approach the wall together) it was an incredible experience of "communal" prayer. When you pray at the wall, you definitely do not pray alone. You do it with millions and millions of others who have poured out their hearts to God in that place.
OK --- pics.
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