In May 2011 sixteen Grace Bible College students traveled to Israel and Jordan. Unlike other Israel trips, this time we flew Royal Jordanian Airlines to Amman and spent a few days in Jordan before crossing into Israel. This trip was special because my thirteen year old daughter Amy went on the trip along with Ken and Diana Johnson, longtime friends from California. This was Professor Scott Shaw’s first of many trips to Israel with the Grace Bible College group.
This trip was unique because we spent a morning doing an archaeological project at Tamar. We had a nice cool morning (only 90 degrees) and we found nothing but two buckets of pottery fragments (no coins or Dead Sea Scrolls). This was a good experience and more or less cured everyone of any interest in being an archaeologist.
Heading to Israel! (2011 Version)
Day 2: Amman, Madaba, Mt. Nebo
Day 4: Jeresh, Welcome to Israel!
Day 7 (part 2): Evening Devotional
Day 8: Arad, Masada, and “Do not lick the Dead Sea”
Day 9: Quick update – archaeology is happening
Day 10: Archaeology at tel Tamar
Day 12: Southern Temple and the City of David
Day 13: Rainy Days and Demonstrations Really Get Me Down
Petra 2011