Sunday November 9, 2008 In Jerusalem

The Garden is closed on Sunday (our day of rest), most Christian churches meet in the evening and the one we wanted to visit (King of Kings) meets at 5:00 PM. So we walked to the Western Wall of Temple Mount where we prayed for family and friends (if you are reading this, you are probably one of the people we prayed for).




From there we walked to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The traditional site of the crucifixion, burial and resurrection of Jesus for Catholics.

After visiting the church we had lunch at a side walk cafe. Our favorite - Falafel!!! YUM YUM...

this has become our favorite lunch - fried chic peas and salad in a pita with sauce.

Then we walked on to the Cardo, a Roman excavation in the Jewish Quarter




It was pretty exciting to visit this area that was under excavation on one of our last visits and see how much has been excavated since we were here last. From the Cardo we walked back to the Garden, rested and then walked to church (25 minutes up hill ... no one told us it was UP HILL!)

We worshipped at King of Kings. When they spoke of Jesus they called Him by His Hebrew name Jeshua and instead of Christ they called Him Messiah. Very often the two names were together - Jeshua Messiah. We sang many songs that we sing at home and some in Hebrew as well. We were blessed.

Our children keep telling us that they are waiting for the day when someone we know walks into the Garden. Well, we walked into church last night and we heard a chorus of "Al, Al, Al" from up on the shelf (where else whould our class sit?) Judy was shocked but it was a group that had visited the Garden Tomb the day before from Canada. We sat with our new friends. What a great way to spend a great day - from walking the streets of Jerusalem to worshipping the King of Kings at the King of Kings with new friends!