Send Me to Israel

My name is Daniel, and I am a husband, father, pastor, and seminary student. As part of my M.Div. program, I have the opportunity to spend May 11-24, 2014 in Israel and Egypt. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me. I put it off last year, but this year I feel like it's my time to experience the Holy Land. Since my wife and I are both in school, and we have 2 school age children, my budget is really tight! I am calling on all my friends and family to step up and help me make this happen. I will be given a scholarship that pays half of my way, which leaves me with a need of about $2,500. I know that God will make a way for me to go on this trip, and I am inviting you to be part of that. No matter how big or small the donation, it will be greatly appreciated. Every dollar that is given will go to pay for my trip and expenses.

Itinerary

Day 1:

• Arrive in Tel Aviv
• Settle in for Dinner and Overnight at our hotel on the Mediterranean Sea

Day 2:

• Caesrea by the Sea
• Mount Carmel where Elijah called down fire
• Valley of Jezreel
• Meggido (Armageddon)
• Nazareth
• Mary's Well
• Church of the Anunciation
• Nazareth Baptist Church
• Cana

Day 3:

• Board a vessel and cross the Sea of Galilee
• Land at Gennesaret
• Mount of Beatitudes (Sermon the Mount)
• Site where 5,000 were fed with loaves and fish
• Capernaum
• Valley of the Doves
• Baptismal service at Yardenit (Jordan River)

Day 4:

• Qumran
• Tel El Sultan
• Ruins of old Jericho
• Zacchaeus Tree
• Swim in the Dead Sea
• Lazarus' Tomb

Day 5:

• Mount of Olives
• Garden of Gethsemane
• Church of All Nations
• Kidron Valley
• Mount Zion
• Room of the Last Supper
• House of Caiaphas

Day 6:

• Bethlehem
• Church of the Nativity
• Church of the Shepherd's Field
• Fields of Boaz and Ruth
• Temple Mount
• Dome of the Rock
• Mosque of Al Aksa
• Church of Saint Anne
• Pool of Bethesda
• Lithostrotos
• Pilate's Judgment Hall
• Church of the Holy Sepulchre
• Wailing Wall
• Walk the Via Dolorosa

Day 7:

• Gordon's Calvary
• Garden of the Tomb where we will  the Eucharist
• Wilderness of Judea
• Ein Gedi
• Masada
• The Ruins of Herod the Great's Fortress

Day 8:

• Long drive into Egypt: Along the Red Sea, across Sinai Peninsula, through the wilderness, under the Suez Canal, and arrive in Cario.

Day 9:

• Giza Plateau
• Cheops, Chephren, and Mycemius Pyramids
• The Sphinx
• Egyptian Museum
• Coptic Churches of Abu Sarga
• Ben Ezra Synagogue
• Citadel
• Mohammed Ali Mosque
• City of the Dead
• Nile River Dinner Cruise

Day 10:

• Alexandria
• Montazah Palace
• Fort Quaitbay
• Graeco-Roman Museum of Christian Antiquities
• Pompey's Pillar
• Serapeion
• New Library of Alexandria