Sorry bout the lack of posts. Internet here is expensive! But, I finally found a way to get it going and more cheaply.
We arrived Sunday morning early - at about 3:30 a.m. The travel agency had not sent a shuttle that we had requested, but after a trip to the information desk, we caught a less expensive (and faster!) shuttle into the city from Tel Aviv. James Michener says that the best time to see the Holy Land for the first time is at dawn. I couldn't agree more! We drove into Jerusalem as the sun was rising.
Andrew Petta had already arrived, so we put our bags in his room and managed to take showers, all before 6:30 a.m. After a quick breakfast, we took our bus into the Old City to Christ Church, Jerusalem, one of two Anglican churches in the Old City. After that, we (Summer, Andrew, and I) walked down to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
The first thing you see is a rectangular stone on the ground, wet with water. Pilgrims kneel before the stone and venerate it. This is where Jesus' body was prepared for burial by Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus, one of my favorite stories from the Gospels. We knelt and venerated it. You could feel the holiness of the place.
More to come soon.
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