At the invitation of the Israel Ministry of Tourism, ten PCCNA leaders visited the nation of Israel during the month of January 2011.
National PCCNA Chairman Dr. Jeff Farmer and his wife, Ramona, (Open Bible Churches); Executive Committee member Bishop Elijah Williams and his wife, Mamie, (United Holy Church of America); Rev. Preston Heath and his wife, Iris, (Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church); Revs. Paul and Anna McPhail (Independent Assemblies of God International, Canada); and Rev. Kelly Ward and Rev. Roberto Sanchez (Church of God of the Apostolic Faith) represented the PCCNA organization on the eight-day tour.
Accompanied by Midwest Region Marketing Director and passionate lover of Israel, Mrs. Cindy Iglitzen, and our history-rich tour guide, Mr. Ike Korin, the group visited places like the ancient seaport of Joppa, Caesarea, Megiddo, Nazareth, Tiberias, the Sea of Galilee region (including Capernaum and a baptismal site on the Jordan River), the Tower of David, the Room of the Last Supper, the Garden Tomb, Gethsemane, the Pool of Bethesda, the Dead Sea region (including Masada and a Kibbutz), Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, Museum of the Holocaust, and Jerusalem’s Western Wall.
Whether it was sailing on the Sea of Galilee as a rare, 180-degree rainbow-arc adorned the sky, or walking the Via Dolorosa (Stations of the Cross), or ascending the exact temple steps upon which Jesus walked, everyone exclaimed, “I shall never be the same.”
The leaders and members of PCCNA express their gratitude to Mr. Uri Steinberg, Israel Ministry of Tourism, for his gracious and generous invitation to visit the Holy Land…the Promised Land.
Below are a few of the pictures from the trip. Click on the thumbnail for a larger version of the picture.
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| Bethlehem, Church of the Nativity and purported site where Jesus was born |
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The pool of Bethesda where Jesus healed the disabled man |
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The ancient seaport of Joppa. Jonah fled there to escape the call to Nineveh, and Peter received his vision there to take the gospel to the Gentiles. |
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| Jeff Farmer with a backdrop of the Mediterranean Sea and the skyline of Tel Aviv |
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Ramona Farmer at a Jordan River baptismal site for Christian pilgrims – perhaps where John baptized Jesus. |
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Members of the group by the Jordan River |
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| The Garden Tomb |
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Every teen in Israel, male and female, must join the military after high school and serve 2-3 years. |
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Bishop Elijah Williams riding a camel |
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| Rev. Roberto Sanchez floating in the Dead Sea |
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A terrorist attack survivor shared his gratitude to God for the miracle of his life. |
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One of the actual Dead Sea Scroll jars found in a cave at Qumran |
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Standing: right to left (as Hebrew is read)
Jeff & Ramona Farmer
Paul & Anna McPhail
Roberto Sanchez
Kelly Ward
Preston & Iris Heath
Mamie & Elijah Williams
Cindy Iglitzen-Socianu, Tourist Office
Foreground: right to left
Aaron, Bus driver
Ike Korin, Tour guide |
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Rev. Paul McPhail standing on a salt bar in the Dead Sea |
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