I arrived into Jerusalem on Sunday. Crossing the borders really put the Middle East conflict into perspective. There were many checkpoints and heavy security, but everything went fine and I got into Jerusalem in one piece.
Living in the old city in buildings that were hundreds of years old was amazing. The Via Dolorosa was across the street from our hostel with the Church of the High Sepulcher around the corner. Even the Dome on the Mount was a stones throw away. Venturing to the Mount of Olives, Jericho, the Dead Sea, and even Bethlehem. These places make the entire Bible come alive.
Visiting Jerusalem is one of those things that people spend their entire lives trying to do. One of those pilgrimages on the bucket list, and now I can check it off mine. The holinesss of the city is awe inspiring.
Then a 2 hour drive away we just arrived to Tel Aviv, Sin City. Here the spirituality of the city is completely opposite. Where Muslims, Jews, and Christians all pray and observe the holy sanctity of their religions in Jerusalem, here in Tel Aviv there is no such observance. Drinking, drugs, and sex is as common as an other western party city, maybe even more.
We will be here in Tel Aviv for 4 days then our trip will be over. It’s nice to end this trip with surfing and surf outreaches, after all we are Surfing the Nations. God is blessing us with great waves from a storm that is just passing overhead. So we will be spending the next days surfing freezing cold water in windy waves with the local Israelis. Awesome
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