Faith Bible Church

Cedar Rapids, IA

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Day 24

Day 24. Last day in Jerusalem. Highlight was a long discussion with Moshe Kempinski about Judaism. Ate falafel one more time at our favorite place by Damascus gate. Did the rampart walk (walking the walls of the Old City). Now we are waiting for about 5 hours to board our flight.

I so enjoyed my conversation today with Moshe Kempinski. Moshe is a devout Jew and owns Shorashim of the Old City (the biblical shop and learning center) with his brother, Dov. Moshe knows the Old and New Testament and welcomes dialogue. He is a good friend of Jerusalem University College through whom we did our short term course. I so appreciated Moshe and his willingness to spend time with me one on one.
The following pics are from the north route of the rampart walk, from Jaffa Gate to Lion’s Gate
Looking directly south from the Old City wall (north rampart walk) from Stork Tower.
Looking south from the Old City wall to the Mount of Olives
We took a sherut (12 passenger taxi) from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv. It was full! Some of our group had earlier flights. So we are at our gate for 5 hours. We will be leaving for Kennedy at 11:55 PM Tuesday (3:55 PM CDT Tuesday). We fly from Tel Aviv to Kennedy to Detroit to Cedar Rapids. Hopefully we will arrive late afternoon tomorrow, Wednesday, July 06!