"If I forget you Jerusalem..." the Psalmist wrote so we will open our heart to God's love for the Holy City (Psalm 137:5).  Today is a day to absorb the words, "For her stones are dear to your servants; her very dust moves them to pity." Psalm 102:14.

• Explore underground around the Temple Mount with the Great Stone Route tunnel tour.

• Pray in the garden where Peter denied Jesus and the pit where Jesus suffered in the church of St. Peter in Gallicantu.

• Visit the Garden Tomb and its realistic depiction of a first-century grave and experience communion as never before.

• Celebrate your journey with a farewell dinner in a local restaurant and transport to Ben Gurion Airport for your midnight departure.

• You now have social media friends in Israel. A part of yourself is left in the Holy Land. You want to pray for the peace of Jerusalem and go back one day soon.

• You need to arrive at the airport 3 hours before your departure time for immigration processing.