The pilgrims traveled to Jericho, one of the oldest cities in the world. We then drove by the ruins of Jericho and by an old sycamore tree where Christ called Zacchaeus.
We celebrated Holy Mass at the Good Shepard Church, followed by a beautiful Christian/Arab lunch.
The final stops of the day were in Jerusalem, where we visited a 1:50 scale model of Jerusalem during the time of Christ. And….
…… the museum of the Dead Sea Scrolls discovered in 1947. In all, 190 scrolls were found dating back 1900-2400 years (including the entire book of Isaiah).