Friday, February 24, 2012

Richie's trip to Israel

Richie just returned from a 10-day trip to Israel with some people from our church.  His dad was able to go on the trip too.  It was such a memorable and meaningful trip for them.  Here are some of the pictures that he took while he was there.

The Sea of Galilee
on a boat on the Sea of Galilee

An ancient olive press used to make olive oil
ancient olive press

Ancient ruins from the 1st century in Capernaum
ancient ruins from 1st century in Capernaum

The site that is believed to be Peter's house in Capernaum
believed to be site of Peter's house in Capernaum

A boat from Jesus' day found in the Sea of Galilee
boat from Jesus' day found in Sea of Galilee

The site of the Feeding of the 5000.
site of the Feeding of the 5000

Richard Pratt lecturing at the ancient temple at Dan.
Richard Pratt lecturing at the ancient temple at Dan

Northern Israel
Northern Israel

Caesarea Philippi

A shepherd in Nazareth
Shepherd in Nazareth

Richie and his dad at Mt. Carmel
at Mt. Carmel

The Garden of Gethsemane
Garden of Gethsemane

Old Jerusalem
Old Jerusalem

At the Wailing Wall (wearing mandatory yamakas)
Wailing Wall (mandatory yamakas)
Dad at the Wailing Wall
Wailing Wall (people put their prayers in the wall)

Worship Service at Baraka Presbyterian Church on the West Bank - Richard Pratt with a translator
church service at the West Bank (Baraka Presbyterian Church - Pratt with translator)

Jerusalem
Jerusalem

A model of 1st century Jerusalem and the temple
model of the temple

Pratt's disciples
Pratt's disciples

They had a McDonald's in Masada. Here's Bro eating a Big Tex burger!
McDonalds at Masada (eating the Big Tex!)

If you are interested, there are also a couple of videos in my Flickr set.

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3 comments:

  1. Absolutely amazing. I can only imagine how incredible it must have been to see those places. Thank you so much for sharing.

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    1. Those pics were incredible! I had no idea Israel was so pretty!!!! Thanks for posting those!

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  2. Looks like an amazing trip. So glad his dad could go with him.

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