Photo Tour of Ein Karem, John the Baptist’s Birthplace

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photo tour of John the Baptists's birth place

By the time we made it to Ein Karem, it was after a long day of exploring Old Jerusalem, so I hope you are good with short explanations. I was quickly losing brain battery power at this point. This church marks the spot where experts believe John the Baptist was born. It is also near the Church of the Visitation, where Mary visited Elisabeth. I thought we visited both churches, but I could only find photos for the church of […]

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Real Army Wives Series: New York City

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  While Alan was at OBC (military training) in Oklahoma, and I was finishing my degree at Alabama, Alan had this spontaneous idea to meet for the weekend in New York City!! New York City!! Y’all. To fully understand why this was such a big deal, I should explain that I was not accustomed to this sort of thing. We did not take annual vacations or move from state to state. I lived in Alabama my entire life. But for […]

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Why We Didn’t See Bethlehem

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why we didn't visit Bethlehem

Bethlehem has a few important distinctions. 1.) It is the birthplace of Jesus. 2.) Rachel is buried there. Rachel was the wife of Jacob. Jacob is the ONE who God re-named Israel. “Your name will no longer be Jacob. You have wrestled with God and with men, and you have won. That’s why your name will be Israel.”[   Genesis 32:28 Now if you want to understand that story better, ya just gotta go read Genesis because an awful lot of […]

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Why is the Western Wall so important?

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Alan and I were so excited to pray at the famous “Wailing Wall.” Truthfully, I was not sure exactly about the history of this wall. I went into our Jerusalem tour thinking the wall was the only remaining wall from the ancient Jewish temple. That’s almost true. That entire temple was completely destroyed. The Western Wall is what remains from the retaining wall that was built around the temple. It is considered holy because it was the outer part of the […]

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Jerusalem Tour: Via Dolorosa in Pictures

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Jerusalem Tour: Via Dolorosa

After we left Golgotha, where Jesus was crucified, located now within the Church of Holy Sepulchre, we headed down the Via Dolorosa. All day I had the song Via Dolorosa, in my head. Okay, sometimes I couldn’t help but sing a little of it out loud. I’m one of those people. I usually have a song in my head that occasionally accidentally comes out for others to hear. The Via Dolorosa means “the way of suffering.” Jesus did not get to […]

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Our Young Military Marriage: Training, Tutwiler, and Thievery

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For previous posts on our young military marriage, click here. This is part of the series I’m writing called The Real Army Wives. As I mentioned before, Alan was away at training the first 4 months of our marriage, while I finished up my degree at the University of Alabama. I lived in Tutwiler Hall. The funny thing about Tutwiler Hall, which is the freshman girls’ dormitory, is that there were actually 2 different buildings in the state of Alabama named Tutwiler. […]

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Jerusalem in Pictures: Golgotha & The Church of the Holy Sepulchre

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Golgotha

Welcome back to the Jerusalem tour. I cannot wait to take you to Calvary in pictures, also known as Golgotha! Where did we leave off? Ah yes, walking through Old Jerusalem. In Part 1, we saw the Mount of Olives and entered Old Jerusalem. The first thing we saw there was the Upper Room and David’s Tomb.  Let’s stroll on over to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre now. This church now sits on top of the site where Jesus […]

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47 Beautiful Photos of Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives to the Upper Room of the Last Supper

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47 Beautiful Photos of Jerusalem from Mt. of Olives to Upper Room

Jerusalem Tour Part 1: The Mount of Olives and Old Jerusalem Day one of our Jerusalem tour took us from the Mount of Olives down into Old Jerusalem. We walked through the Jewish Quarter, saw ancient ruins from Roman roads, and wove around to the Upper Room where Jesus had the Last Supper. I’m going to show you all of it. Psalm 122:3-5  3 Jerusalem—built as a city    that is bound firmly together,4 to which the tribes go up,    the tribes of the Lord,as […]

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Army Wives Series: The First Good-bye and Watching the News

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The news was suddenly intruding into my life. It was more than a channel to flip past. It was affecting me directly. It had always affected me, whether I realized it or not, but now I was in the front of the line of dominoes!!

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