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OUR WORLD
neyed 1,400 miles with 750 camels on the ancient
trade route to bring her peace offerings to King Solomon in Jerusalem. It was decided that a modern
day journey for peace be created that would invite
people of all cultures, faiths, and backgrounds to
come together on a caravan for peace that will retrace the steps of this earliest peace movement
along parts of the Frankincense Trail.

Susan Johnson is Director of Operations for
the World Peace Caravan 2015

laborating on tackling such lofty goals as eradicating poverty and hunger, ensuring environmental
sustainability, and attaining healthy lives for all.
Three separate times, Gary
Young, CEO of Young Living
Essential Oils, dreamt of
leading a long caravan of
camels through the desert
on a journey for peace. The
camels, ridden by people
of all faiths, came from every direction and merged
into one united stream.
After the third dream, so
Gary Young
vivid it was almost jarring,
Gary decided to tell his wife and two of his closest
friends about it. Uncannily, they each responded
with the exact same words, “This you must do.”
And so began the plans for the inaugural World
Peace Caravan, 2015. Gary had recognized the trail
that the caravan had traveled in his dreams as the
Ancient Frankincense Trail in Arabia, since he had
explored the storied trail many times on his travels
there to research frankincense for his essential oils
company. 3,000 years ago, the Queen of Sheba jour-

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The World Peace Caravan 2015 will begin in Petra,
Jordan on December 15, 2015 and end in Jerusalem
on December 26. The caravan will be spearheaded by the 12 member World Peace Caravan Youth
Delegation and anchored by two landmark events,
a two day World Peace Caravan Peace and Health
Conference on the Dead Sea in Jordan and a World
Peace Caravan Concert for Peace in Jerusalem. After a pre-launch celebration in Petra on the 15th,
participants will caravan through Jordan by camel, horse or foot for four days and nights, camping along the way while exchanging multi-cultural
activities including music, dance and educational seminars and exploring historical and religious
sites.
The caravan will break on December 20 for a
high-level, interactive WPC Peace and Health Conference at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention
Centre on the shore of the Dead Sea in Jordan on
December 21 and 22. The conference of invited international peace advocates will focus on health,
education, and the role of women and youth in
peacemaking.
On December 23, the caravan will cross the border into the Palestine Authority for a visit to Jericho and a two day trek through the Judean desert,
arriving in Bethlehem on December 25. On Saturday, December 26, the caravan will culminate with
a Peace Walk into Jerusalem and the blockbuster
World Peace Caravan Concert for Peace. Internationally renowned musical artists will mix with musicians from around the globe for a night of oncein-a-lifetime performances at the new state-of-the
art Jerusalem Arena. The evening’s festivities will
be broadcast and streamed around the world.
The WORLD PEACE CARAVAN is founded by the
international D. Gary Young Foundation, a 501
© (3) non -profit organization.
For more information, visit www.WorldPeaceCaravan.org