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July 22-31, 2013
With host Pastor Nelson Kraybill and tour leader Wilmer Martin
TourMagination is planning our second tour to follow the steps of Moses in Egypt and Jordan and invites you to see these two countries from a different perspective. The tour begins in Cairo and visits the usual sites and then goes to the Land of Goshen where the Israelites sojourned for many years and were enslaved and where Moses was born and raised. After crossing the Suez Canal, the tour continues through the wilderness where the Israelites wandered on their way to the Promised Land. The tour ends in Jordan where you will stand on Mt. Nebo where Moses looked into the Promised Land. Nelson Kraybill, pastor of Prairie Street Mennonite Church in Elkhart, Indiana, will be the Bible teacher on this tour. Wilmer Martin, president of TourMagination, who has led several tours to Egypt and Jordan, will be the tour administrator, ensuring that you have an enjoyable tour.
Click here to read past blogs about tours to Egypt.
Click here to read blogs from this tour in 2008.
 See the Great Pyramids at Giza
The tour departs from Chicago’s O’Hare Airport and Liberty International Airport, Newark, on overnight flights to Cairo, Egypt, via Frankfurt, Germany. It will be Tuesday afternoon when we arrive in Cairo, where we will stay for two nights. We hope to meet with MCC workers at our hotel this evening to learn about their work in Egypt.
We will have a full day of sightseeing today, including visits to the Great Pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, the Egyptian Museum with the treasures of King Tut, and the Old City to visit the Jewish Synagogue as well as San Serguis Church, traditional site where Jesus was sheltered after the flight to Egypt.
Today we will go to the Land of Goshen (towns of Ramses and Pithom), a place where the Israelites grew, flourished and were eventually enslaved and where Moses was born and raised. We will continue on to Ismailia, one of the famous Suez Canal cities, where we will stay for the night.
 Wadi Ghrandal, site of miracles
We will start the day by visiting Succoth, where the Israelites gathered the day before the Exodus, then to Fayed (Marah), where Moses told the people not to drink the bitter water. Then we will cross the famous Suez Canal that separates Africa and Asia to the Springs of Moses where Moses struck the stone and water appeared. The next stop is Wadi Ghrandal (Wilderness of Zin) where the miracle of manna and quails took place and Wadi Firan (Rephidim) where the Israelites fought the Amalekites. Lodging for two nights at St. Catherine Village.
 Site where the Israelites built the golden calf
We will spend Saturday in St. Catherine, which is the place where Moses climbed up the mountain to receive the Ten Commandments. There is a Greek Orthodox Monastery built on the supposed site of the burning bush and the well where Moses met his wife, Zipporah. We will also visit the area where the Israelites camped and built the golden calf. After midnight there will be an optional tour for those who wish to climb Mount Moses.
 Treasury building in Petra
We will leave St. Catherine and continue across the desert to Petra, Jordan, an ancient city carved into the sides of a deep gorge. Petra was the capital city of the Nabatean people who flourished over 2,000 years ago along this area of a major trade route. It was forgotten for hundreds of years until it was rediscovered in 1812. Overnight in Petra.
On Monday we will enter the ancient city of Petra to see the amazing temples, tombs and dwellings chiseled from the rose-colored limestone. We will visit Bethany-on-the-Jordan, where it is believed John the Baptist preached and possibly baptized Jesus. Time permitting, we may visit Herod’s fortress at Machaerus. Then we will travel on to the Dead Sea where you can float in the salt water of the Dead Sea.
 View of the Promised Land from Mt. Nebo
This morning we will ascend to Mt. Nebo to visit the church built on the site where Moses viewed the Promised Land. Then we will travel on to Amman, the Roman Decapolis city of Philadelphia, originally built on seven hills. We will see Citadel Hill and the remains of the Roman temple of Hercules. In Madaba, we will see the 560 AD mosaic map of Palestine and Lower Egypt. Then we will meet with Mennonite Central Committee workers in Amman, followed by our Farewell Dinner.
We will have an early morning departure for Frankfurt and our flights onward to Chicago and Newark. You will return home with many insights into the life of Moses and the biblical story, as well as new friendships formed while traveling together.
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