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Israel and Jordan 1998

Trip to Israel and Jordan for the Feast of Tabernacles 1998

Festival Summary from Israel and Jordan 1998

The Feast tour began by the Dead Sea in Israel. Temperatures were very high (between 35 and 45 degrees Celsius) — we were glad of air conditioning in the hotel and on the tour buses.

About 130 church members were here to keep the Feast in the biblical lands now known as Israel and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Festival co-ordinator Charles Melear worked closely with Jim and Maria Murray of MTM Travel to organise the tour, and they certainly did a good job, giving us many rewarding and memorable experiences.

People soon got to know each other, with such a small crowd and doing everything together that was inevitable. For me, that was one of the highlights of this Feast: co-operation, making new friends, fellowship every day and the historically-rich sites that brought alive the Bible.

We visited: Masada, Petra, a trip across the Jordanian desert in jeeps, Mount Nebo, Jerusalem (the Old City, Yad Vashem, Temple Mount, Mount of Olives), Jericho, Nazareth, Bethlehem, a boat trip on the Sea of Galilee, Megiddo and Caesarea.

One of the best evenings was in Jordan, when the tour guides dressed two women up in traditional costume, covering everything except face and hands.

Another highlight was on the Sabbath in Jerusalem, when Bill Cowan gave a moving sermon on the miracles in his life, and he told us about when his son died one year previously. Other messages were good also.

This was a great Feast, one to remember for many years, for everyone who went.

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