Today was a very long day. We started with a visit to Bethlehem, which is in a Palestinian controlled area behind the fence.—-

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Our first stop was the olivewood factory store where we did some shopping.
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Then it was off to the Church of the Nativity-the traditional birthplace of Yeshua.
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After our visit to Bethlehem, we stopped for one last look at Jerusalem from a southern viewpoint. We had a few minutes for some photos before we left to join Erez at the mall for lunch.
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These next two photos show our group posing with our driver.
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Time for a trip to the mall for lunch…
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where Ben made some new friends.
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After lunch we headed back to the Old City for a stop at the Garden Tomb. SOme of us took a little side trip to visit the Damascus Gate while we waited for the Garden to open.
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In the Garden.
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After our visit to the Garden Tomb we started our drive towards Ben-Gurion airport and our flight home. We had a few minutes to stop at our guide Erez’s community and visited their version of Nazareth Village.
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Erez received a thank-you card from the group.
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We had a nice farewell dinner in Abu Gosh.
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After dinner we headed back to Erez’s community to wait for our flight home. As you know, we had a six hour delay, but we managed. Here’s one last photo of our tour host Micheal Hedrick with his wife Rachel.
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Thanks Michael for another great Live the Land adventure-see you next year. RH

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