Easter in ISRAEL friends of J-Life Tour 2016 Introduction: Hi folks! For a number of years, people that we are close to have shared how they would love to visit Israel at some stage. Serving with J-Life over the past years and studying the life of Christ, has given us a greater passion and burden to expose people to the amazing person of Jesus and what better place to explore this further than where he spent his life and ministry! We have therefore put together another trip to explore the life and ministry of Jesus on site. You will see that flights are not included in the price of the tour and that you are asked to book your own (see details below). This is done so that you can choose your own airline and also so that if you choose to stay longer in Israel or arrive earlier etc you are free to do so. We are exploring a group rate from Ethiopian Air as well as Egypt Air and will advise on prices soon. We are limiting the size of the group to no more than 50 and would therefore request that you secure your spot with a non-refundable deposit of R2000 as soon as possible (please email us for bank details). We re looking forward to an awesome time together! Please contact for any additional info, questions, queries etc. John: John.jlife@gmail.com or Lorna: lorna.jlifegmail.com God bless John and Lorna Dates: Saturday 19 th March 2016 Thursday 30 th March 2016 Cost: $1650 per person sharing. $2180 single (should you want to be alone in a room) Children under 2 are free Children 12 and under are half price Price reductions depending on the size of the group (so invite your friends and family!) If we get more than: 35 people, the price will be $1600 40 people, the price will be $1550 45 people, the price will be $1500 We will require half of the ground cost by the 25th December 2015 (minus the R2000 deposit already paid) and then the balance by the 20 th of February 2016. Rates Include: - 11 nights of Hotel Accommodation on Half Board Basis (Breakfast and Dinner) - Lunch (St. Peter's Fish Meal) on Saturday 26th March - Lunch at Nazareth village 24th March - Transportation for Full Sightseeing tour as per programme - Guiding and Entrance fees - Tips to Hotel staff, tour guide and driver - Transport in air conditioned bus with wifi 1
Rates Don't Include: - Flights (Flights from South Africa with Turkish Airlines or Ethiopian Airlines are between $650 and $680 both airlines are good) Should you need help booking these please speak to John or look on http://www.orbitz.com/ or www.expedia.com for cheap flights - Mandatory Medical Care or Travel Insurance - Taxi fare from the airport to hotel in Jerusalem (+/- $20) - Taxi fare from the hotel in Jerusalem to the airport IF you choose not to use the bus provided on the evening of the 30 th of March - Lunches and beverages - Walk on the old City wall (for those who arrive early for the tour on the 19 nd of March - Any of the optional sites on the 30 th of March Hotel Accommodation: - 8 nights in Jerusalem (Old City) at the Gloria Hotel (http://gloria-hotel.com/?page_id=19 ) - 3 nights in Tiberius (Galilee) at Restal Hotel (http://www.booking.com/hotel/il/restal.en.html?aid=311984;label=restal- _g98mzgyngrnxwg71uoo*gs7808236153:pl:ta:p1:p2:ac:ap1t1:neg;ws=&gclid=clrnleof2bycfrmftaod HSgAlA) 2
Visa Requirements: As a South African or American passport holder you will not need a visa unless you have a temporary passport. NB: If you are not in possession of a passport that is valid for 6 months from date of departure from Israel, immediately apply for a valid passport. It takes about 8 weeks for the Department of Home Affairs (in SA) to issue a passport. If it is necessary for you to apply for an emergency passport, you will also require a visa for Israel. The responsibility of obtaining a visa lies with you. Programme: Day 1: Saturday, March 19 Arrive in Israel Personal transfer to Jerusalem via private taxi or Nesher (public taxi) to Jerusalem 4pm 5pm Ramparts Wall (Circle the old City of Jerusalem on the wall) This is for those that arrive early for the tour 7: 30pm - Opening meeting and welcome Day 2: Sunday, March 20 Jesus Preparation Period first 30 years of his life Mount of Olives view of Old City and Dome of the Rock Scale model of Jerusalem Dead Sea scrolls Herodium (palace built by Herod near Bethlehem) Bethlehem - Shepherds fields Day 3: Monday, March 21 ministry - Wilderness Wadi Kelt hike (hike between Jerusalem and Jericho that Jesus would have walked up on his way to the Temple we will walk 1/3 of the route - all downhill for about 2 hours). If you are not keen to walk, the bus will take you to Jericho to look around the Old Testament site. Baptismal site (location where John is thought to have baptized Jesus) Lunch at Qumran (where Dead Sea Scrolls were found) En Gedi (walk up to waterfall where David hid from Saul in a cave) Day 4: Tuesday, March 22 Ministry Foundations - the first 18 21 months of His public ministry Jerusalem Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock Pool of Bethesda (where Jesus healed the paralytic) Western Wall/Wailing wall (retaining wall built by Herod the Great where modern day Jews pray) City of David (ruins of ancient Jerusalem built up by David) 3
Walk through Hezekiah's tunnel (450m tunnel built by Hezekiah to bring water from outside the city walls) Option to walk back through ancient Roman sewers Day 5: Wednesday, March 23 ministry Jerusalem Caesarea Maritime (port city from where Paul would have sailed to Rome) Nazareth Village (recreation of a biblical times village) Lunch at Nazareth Village (included in tour price) Nazareth precipice (potential site where people of Nazareth wanted to throw Jesus off a cliff) Reflection time Day 6: Thursday, March 24 ministry - Galilee Magdala site and church Mount of Beatitudes: Walk down-hill from Beatitudes to road by Sea Capernaum (Jesus headquarters for ministry) Lunch St Peters fish: included in tour price Boat ride on Sea of Galilee back to Tiberius Day 7: Friday, March 25 Jesus Ministry Training/Expanded Outreach next 6 9 months of His ministry - Galilee Morning or afternoon off Caesarea Phillipi (also known as Banias where Jesus asked the disciples who do people say the Son of Man is? ) Reflection time Dan (OT site where the tribe of Dan relocated Day 8: Saturday, March 26 Jesus Leadership Multiplication - Jordan Valley to Jerusalem Beth Shean (where King Saul s body was hung on the wall) Swim in Dead Sea Masada (ruins of a fortress built by Herod his winter palace and the Jewish Fortress where 967 Jews committed mass-suicide rather than surrender to their Roman besiegers in AD70) Day 9: Sunday, March 27 Jesus Leadership Multiplication Passion week Rabbinic tunnel (underground tunnels walking along the original Herodian retaining wall to the Temple Mount) Bethany (visit Lazarus tomb) Mount of Olives-Triumphal entry/palm Sunday Dominus Flevit chapel- where Jesus wept over Jerusalem Afternoon off 4
Day 10: Monday, March 28 Jesus last week in Jerusalem Upper room (where Jesus had the last supper) Walk to Gethsemane Gethsemane - Private garden next to church (reflection time) Walk to Caiaphas house and visit St Peter in Gallicantu s Church (where Jesus would have been held overnight in a dungeon) Walk the alternative Via Dolorosa from Jewish Quarter Church of the Holy Sepulcher (church built over the site where it is believed Golgotha was) Day 11: Tuesday, March 29 Jesus between the cross and the Resurrection - Jerusalem Morning off shopping Wohl Museum Yad Vashem (Holocaust museum) Drive home through Mea Shearim Day 12: Wednesday, March 30 Jesus multiplies the ministry - Jerusalem Garden tomb tour and communion Mount of Olives - Bethphage (where it is believed that Jesus ascended into heaven) Southern Steps (where Peter preached to the crowds on Pentecost) Roman destruction (the ruins of the destruction of the temple and Jerusalem in AD 70) Half day free in Jerusalem for personal options (not included in tour price) Wall walk Tower of David museum Last shopping 3 rd Temple (Temple institute) Burnt House (recreation of the destruction of Jerusalem AD 70) Bus departs for Ben Gurion airport at 5pm to get to there by 6pm Day 13: Thursday, March 31 Arrive Home! 5