Faculty Field Trip Preview to Jericho

Today we went on our faculty field trip preview to Jericho. It was amazing! We only get to take the students to three places in the West Bank: Jericho, Bethlehem and Bethany. The first picture is at the Wadi Kelt—the ancient road between Jerusalem and Jericho—site of the Good Samaritan parable. In the back of the picture there is a monastery.  This one remembers Elijah, but it is somewhere around here that Jesus was tempted after his baptism

 The second picture is in Jericho. It is the traditional site. It's the sycamore tree that Zachias climbed to see Jesus. 

The third picture is Kasser al Yehud. The traditional place in the Jordan river where John the Baptist was baptizing. The Jordan River here is only 25 feet wide so you can easily see the people who are there from Jordan!