Pictures

St. Joseph Church - Holy Family Grotto

Fish From The Sea of Galilee

Walkway to Church of Beatitudes

Fishes & Loaves - burn mark under altar from attempted destruction

Monarch Butterflies Everywhere

Fishes & Loaves Entrance

Beautiful hidden moth - a sign of God's love

God is in the gecko :)

Ed in the Church of the 10 Lepers

Leo & Ed in Church of the 10 Lepers

Mom & Baby Sheep

Touching the Nativity Star

Nativity Star where Jesus was born

Kneeling to Touch Calvary Earth & Rock

Tomb Building with 2 rooms inside - front room and tomb room

Mass in room on right & we crawled though to the tomb room to touch the tomb where Jesus had laid. Only 3 or 4 people fit at a time.


Tomb room - Even claustrophobia didn't keep me from crawling in to touch the tomb of Christ. It was electric and breathtaking.

Overlook where Christ cried for Jerusalem

Bethlehem - no hotels in 1964 - lots of hotels today- a busy city with city noise

Church in a cave - Christians had to hide to say mass

Coca Cola Sign


Jericho Sign w grafitti :(

Good Shepherd School Yard reminded me of St. Louis School

School Yard with Smile Sign in English

Mt. of Temptation - Cable cars can take you to the top or you can hike up

Fr. Ben helps Ed renew his baptism

Others renew by immersion/dunking

We name our son Jordan Rivera after the river

Mural in church showing Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb

Renewed our marriage vows at Cana -Ave Maria played after- a sign from my mom

Worldwide Marriage Encounter Symbol with prayers left at the Cana Church lower level

Pater Noster - Our Father in many languages

Via Dolorosa - Stations of the Cross

Ed at the Wailing Wall

Prayers Put Into The Wailing Wall

Sunrise from the Hotel Leonardo in Jerusalem

Children walking to school with poster project. Reminded me of my students.

St. John of the Desert Church high up in a remote place with a spring

Icon of St. John the Baptist

Prayers left near Elizabeth's Tomb -St. John of the Desert

View from the Hotel Leonardo in Jerusalem

Follow the Star - Dave a tall Army Veteran held up his hat in crowds to help us find our way.

Our pilgrim name badges with Worldwide Marriage Encounter Symbols - we met many Encountered Couples & invited others

Leo carried this tag on her tote bag everywhere.

The back of the tag had our prayer intentions. You were all with us in prayer.