The Holy Land Journey with Jeff & Taylor Walling
December 27, 2014 - Jan 6, 2015
Come walk where Jesus walked!
This amazing 11 day trip departs from JFK airport in New York, on Dec 27th and returns on January 6th. We will fly to the beautiful new Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv and over night there on the Mediterranean coast. The next day we travel to Tiberias, near the Sea of Galilee. Our tour begins in this region of northern Israel where we will visit Nazareth, where Jesus grew up, and Mount Carmel, where Elijah challenged Ahab. We'll stay overnight and take a boat trip on the same sea that Jesus calmed and Peter fished in.
After two days of touring we will head to the Jordan River area where Jesus was baptized and see sights that date back to King Saul! We'll stay by the Dead Sea and then head to Jerusalem where we will spend four days walking in the footsteps of Jesus in Jerusalem! We'll see the Garden Tomb and even meet in the upper room where it all began in Acts 2. We'll get a chance to go to Bethlehem and see the place where Jesus was born. And there will be plenty of time to shop and explore this unique city. By the time we board the plane on the evening of the 10th day our hearts will be full of memories that will last a lifetime.
We will be accompanied by a trained and qualified local guide who knows the history and background of the Christian sites we will visit. In addition, Taylor and I are planning devotionals and worship times for each day that will enhance our experience. Worshipping on these holy places will be a once-in-a-liftime experience! We will also be joined for a portion of our journey by Joseph Shulam, author and Bible teacher and Hebrew history expert.
Our tour arrangements are being handled through a Los Angeles-based tour company in the US that has more than 40 years of experience in this area. Our land package includes 4 star accommodations, a comfortable aircondiotioned touring bus and breakfast & dinner each day. For more information, check out the DETAILED ITINERARY below. The tour size is limited to 50 travelers, so get your deposit in now to insure your spot on this faith-building journey!
11 Day Holy Land Tour + Rd Trip Air from New York (JFK) just $2900
This trip is closed: Click at the top of the page for our June 2015 trip!
On Tuesday night, December 23rd enjoy the outdoor musical spectacle at
the pyramids. (EGYPT TOUR GROUP ONLY)
Cost is $35 per person and includes transportation to and from the hotel. ($1 credit card charge is added)
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Come join us Wednesday night, Dec 24th for a Christmas Eve cruise you won't forget! We'll have dinner and cruise the Nile river seeing a show and enjoying the sites of Cairo from the water.
Cost is $50 per person which includes our transport to the cruise to and from the hotel. (Plus $1.50 credit card processing charge)
1. MAIL A CHECK
for $100 per traveler made out to "Walling Ministries" along with the full names, contact information and email addresses of each of the travelers. Mail it to:
Walling Holy Land Journey 24563 Via de Casa
Malibu, CA 90265
2. PAY WITH CREDIT CARD :
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Please include full names of each traveler in the "sellers instruction" notes.
Due June 5th
A 2.5% handling charge is added as a credit card processing fee. Please fill in travelers name for each payment. Click here to submit:
Due Sept 5th
A 2.5% handling charge is added as a credit card processing fee. Please fill in travelers name for each payment. Click here to submit:
Due Oct. 5th
This is the current remainder for those going to Israel only including fuel surcharge. (If you are going to Egypt you should make the payment and you will receive an email with your final amount in addition to this one.) A 2.9% handling charge is added as a credit card processing fee. Please fill in travelers name for each payment.
This tour operated by Israel Tourism Consultants CA. Seller of Travel # 2002477-40
UPDATE APRIL 20, 2015
We had a great meeting at our home and enjoyed getting to know all of our fellow travelers better! Here is some of the info we shared at that meeting:EGYPT OPTION ADDED DEC 22-27!
COST INFORMATION AND LAND ONLY TRAVEL INFO
Some of you are going to provide your own air travel through miles or purchase. If you wish to provide your own air transportation, please know that your transfer from the airport will be an added charge is you do not arrive at the same time as the group. Here is the Land Travel only cost which includes everything except your airfare.
Cost for LAND ONLY for EGYPT is $1310.
Cost for LAND ONLY for ISRAEL is $1900
Some had asked about the hotels so below is the list of hotels we will be using in Israel along with addresses, pictures, video and a link to their websites so you can check them out:
250 Hayarkon St.Tel Aviv 63113 IsraelPhone: 972-3-543-3333Website: http://www.grandhotels-israel.com/tel-aviv-hotels/grand-beach-tel-aviv-hotel
ROYAL PLAZA HOTEL, TiberiasGanei Menorah BlvdTiberias 14100 IsraelPhone: 972-4-670-0000Website: http://www.royalplaza.co.il/index.php/english
ROYAL RIMONIM HOTEL, Dead Sea
MPO Dead Sea St.Ein Bokek 86930 IsraelPhone: 972-8-668-8555http://english.rimonim.com/dead-sea-hotels/royal-dead-sea-hotel
GRAND COURT HOTEL, Jerusalem
15 Saint George St.Jerusalem 91002 IsraelPhone: 972-2-591-7777http://www.grandhotels-israel.com/jerusalem-hotels/grand-court-jerusalem-hotel
We are so glad to announce that Randy Gill will be joining our tour as a second worship leader. Randy serves with the Otter Creek Church of Christ and has written many great worship songs we all enjoy like: Shout Hallelujah, Deep calls to Deep and The Magnificat. It will be a treat to have Randy and Taylor to lead us in worship as we walk where Jesus walked!
Day 1 - Saturday Departure on your way to Israel, The Land of the Bible.
Turkish Airways Flight 330 departs JFK Dec 27th at 12.55 pm. - Just before 1 o’clock in the afternoon. We will fly through Istanbul and arrive into Tel Aviv at 11:30 am on December the 28th
Day 2 – Sunday Tel Aviv Welcome to Israel! Upon arrival into Ben Gurion International Airport, you will be met and assisted by the tour company's airport representative. Transfer to Tel Aviv – Israel largest and modern city with short distance to Jaffa. Check in at your hotel for dinner and overnight. We will have our first devotional and celebrate the Lord's Supper together there that evening. Our hotel is conveniently located near the shore of the Mediterranean Sea and close to Tel Aviv city center, shopping and attractions, and famous promenade sidewalk's with outdoor shopping stores, restaurants, and coffee shops. If your time permit, visit the artistic neighborhood of Neve Tzedek. Overnight- including Dinner and Full Buffet Breakfast.
Day 3 – Monday From Tel Aviv/Jaffa to the Sea of Galilee, Mediterranean coast and the Valley of Armageddon Caesarea / Mt. Carmel / Megiddo / Nazareth/ Sea of Galilee / Tiberias In the morning visit to the Old Town Jaffa, walk through the narrow passages of Old Jaffa, believed to be the oldest port city in the world, see St. Peter Church and take a spectacular view of Tel Aviv Shoreline from Jaffa Hilltop. St. Peter came to Jaffa (Joppa) from Lydda to raise Tabitha (Dorcas) from The dead (Acts 9: 36. 42 ). While in Jaffa, the apostle stayed at the house of Simon the Tanner. The Church of St. Peter marks the traditional site of Peter’s vision of the Great Sheet. Depart Tel Aviv driving north along the coastal plain to Caesarea Maritima (Acts 9:30 Acts 10:24 -48) which was the center of early Christians, and capital of Judea under the Romans. Visit the excavations of this ancient city, the Roman theatre and aqueduct, here where Paul made his defense before Festus and King Agrippa prior to his final journey to Rome (Acts:25 Acts:26). We'll stop at Mount Carmel (Muchraka), where Elijah issued his challenge to the False Prophets. We continue and enjoy a breath taking panoramic view of Haifa Bay and the Western Galilee region. Continue toMegiddo (1 Kings 4:28, 9, 15, 2 Kings 23, Kings 29 & Reveletion 16:16), identified as the site of Armageddon (Revelation 16), see the remain from Solomon’s days, view the site where the Battle of Armageddon will be fought. Visit the archaeological excavations at Megiddo, including the well preserved water supply system. Continue along the Jezerel Valley to visit the town of Nazareth (Luke 1:26, Luke 4:16 Luke 4:29, Matthew 2:23) we will take a beautiful view from the top of Mt. Precipice, also known as Mount of Precipitation, or Mount of the Leap of the Lord. It's believed to be the site of the rejection of Jesus, described on (Luke 4:29 Luke 4:30), continue to the Church of Annunciation if time permits, we drive to Cana of Galilee where Jesus performed his first public miracle, the turning of water into wine at the wedding feast (John 2:1 John 2:11), and the Lower Galilee region to the beautiful Sea of Galilee to the town of Tiberias. The hotels situated right on town’s center and the shores of the Sea of Galilee make it possible to walk along the shores of the Sea of Galilee and explore the town of Tiberias. We overnight Sea of Galilee- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 4 - Tuesday Sea of Galilee, the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights Sail on the Sea of Galilee / Jesus Boat /Golan Heights / Upper Galilee / Caesarea Philippi / Yardenit We begin by boarding a wooden boat and sail on as the disciples did 2000 years ago. We'll dock at Kibbutz Nof Ginosar and visit the “Ancient Jesus Boat" the remains of a 2,000 years old boat that was discovered in 1986. This boat was used at the time of Jesus and his disciples. We will drive to the beautiful Golan Heights. Visit Banias- ancient Ceasarea Philippi (Matthew 16:13 and Mark 7:27) where Jesus said “On this rock I will build my Church.” Continue to the Hula Valley and the Upper Galilee, returning to the Sea of Galilee with visit to Yardenit- the baptismal site on the Jordan River. Overnight Sea of Galilee– including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 5 – Wednesday Jesus early Ministry along the Sea of Galilee, Jordan River Mount of Beatitudes / Tabgha / Capernaum / Beit She'an / Dead Sea Today will visit early Jesus Ministry around the Sea of Galilee, visiting Mount of Beatitudes (Matthew 5, Matthew 6, Matthew 7, Matthew 8) where Jesus preached the Sermon on the Mount, see the famous Chapel, constructed in 1939 by the noted architect Antonio Barluzzi and enjoy the view. Visit Tabgha- the site of the Feeding of the 5,000 and Primacy of Peter (Matthew 13, Mark 33, Mark 45, & John 21), Church of Multiplication with its 4th Century Mosaic floor, Capernaum (Matthew 4:13, Matthew 13:54, Matthew 17:24, Luke 7, Mark 1:2, John 4:46 John 4:54) where is believed to have been Jesus' home and the center of his ministry, here we can stand in what is left of the synagogue in which Jesus ministered, and where he preformed many miracles, and it's in Capernaum where Peter’s mother-in-law lived and was healed. Through the Valley of Beit She'an to the ancient city of Beit She'an (Mark 5:20, Mark 7:31), view the archeological site. It was here that after defeating Saul and his sons on Mount Gilboa, the Philistines hanged their bodies on the walls of Beth Shean, continue through the Jordan Valley past the city of Jericho and arrive to the Dead Sea, the lowest place on earth. Check in at the hotel located at the shores of the Dead Sea, enjoy optional spa treatments and a massage, float on the salty water of the Dead Sea or enjoy a swim in your hotel pool. Overnight Dead Sea- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 6 – Thursday Dead Sea, Masada, Ein Gedi, Qumran, Judean Desert, Jerusalem Today on your Holy Land tour will visit the 1500 feet mountaintop fortress of Masada famous for being the last stronghold of the Jewish rebellion against the Romans. We will ascend to Masada by cable car and discover the first century Synagogue, King Herod’s Bathhouse and other sites atop of Masada, descend and continue to the oasis of Ein Gedi, where David hid in a cave when running from Saul (Samuel 23), it was here that David composed several of his Psalms, next visit to Qumranwhere a cache of ancient biblical texts the Dead Sea Scroll were discovered in 1947. Continue to the Golden City ofJerusalem, and proceed to a panoramic view of Jerusalem from Mt. Scopus, and take time for prayer. Continue to the hotel conveniently located within walking distance from the Old City Jerusalem. Overnight Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 7 - Friday Old Jerusalem, Temple Mount in Jesus times, Mount of Olives/Kidron Valley/Garden of Gethsemane/Western Wall tunnels (Kotel Tunnels)/Pool of Bethesda/Church of Holy Sepulcher/Via Dolorosa/Christian Quarter From the top of Mount of Olives where the Lord ascended into heaven (acts 1) we will have a view across the Kidron Valley to the Eastern Gate where the prince of Peace will enter (Ezekiel 44). We pass by Pater Noster Church and visit Dominus Flevit where "The Lord wept" as he beheld the Holy City. Through Palm Sunday Road proceed down to the Gethsemane where you will see 2,000 year old Olive trees that date back to the time of Christ. Then to the Western Wall- The holiest site in Judaism and one of the original walls that retained the Temple. We will visit the Western Wall Tunnels running along the base of the Western Wall will lead us through the Second Temple era and reveal the amazing construction of the Temple Mount, water supply and Roman street where our Lord was led to judgment. Continue to St. Anne Church and the Pool of Bethesda. We will walk the stations of the Cross- the Via Dolorosa to visit Judgment Hall of Pilate all the way to Church of the Holy Sepulcher(Matthew 27, Matthew 33:57, Matthew 28:10). In the afternoon you will enjoy time to shop the colorful bazaars (markets). We'll join the prayer at the Western Wall, return to the Hotel for Shabbat Dinner. Overnight Jerusalem– including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 8 - Saturday Jerusalem Old and New City Mt. Zion / Upper Room / King David Tomb / Jewish Quarter / Ein Kerem / Bethlehem / Church of the Nativty / Shepherd’s Field / Garden Tomb Drive to Mt. Zion, visit the Upper room (Luke 22), Lord’s Supper, visit King David Tomb, and walk through the Jewish Quarter. Drive through the New City pass the Israel Parliament (Knesset) and continue to Ein Karem, the Birthplace of John the Baptist (Luke 1:39-80), visit Church then Continue to Bethlehem to visit the Church of the Nativity (Luke 2: 1-7). Visit the Shepherd’s Field (Luke 2:8-20), where an angel appeared to announce the birth of Jesus. In the afternoon visit the Garden Tomb, to celebrate the resurrection with a time for prayer (Luke 23). Overnight Jerusalem- including Full Buffet Breakfast and Dinner.
Day 9 – Sunday- Worshipping in Jerusalem and touring other sites. We will worship with the church in Jerusalem and see what God is doing in that ministry.After worship, we can visit the colorful bazaars, Ben Yehuda street with shopping stores, restaurant and coffee shops, Mahaneh Yehuda market, with authentic Jerusalem Restaurants, and food markets. Explore on your own the Old City and Shrine of the Book.
Day 10 – MONDAY FREE DAY IN JERUSALEM
After Breakfast, and by 12 noon, Check out from your hotel and store your luggage at the hotel storage room to enjoy free day in Jerusalem. Passengers booked 4 Stars First class hotels ,in Jerusalem the Grand Court hotel within walking distance to the Old City. Transfer from the lobby of your hotel to Ben Gurion International Airport 4 hours Prior to flight departure.
Day 11 – TUESDAY - Our Turkish Airline flight leaves at 1:00 am from Tel Aviv and arrives into JFK at 11:25 that same day.
