The last two days have been very warm and full of interesting traveling in the Galilee. We began the day with a visit to Cana and then to Nazareth. We visited what tradition says is the home of Mary. It is a good example of a cave-type 3 room home typical of the first century. From there we went to Megiddo and viewed the plains where the battle of Armageddon will take place. We then went onto Beit Shean, with both Old Testament and New Testament ruins. Yesterday was a holiday here called The Joy of the Torah so we were unable to visit Gideon's brook.
This morning we started off with a visit to the Jordan River and had a nice devotional time there. Then we went to the hot springs of Tiberius and also the location of a first century synagogue. From there we went onto the Sea of Galilee where we saw the remains of a 2000 year old fishing vessel. We were privileged to take a boat ride on the sea. Today's lunch was at kibbutz EnGev where some of us were brave enough to try St Peter's fish. The rest of us had either pizza or pasta! Then we went to Bethsaida, Capernaum, and Chorazim--the three cities Jesus pronounced woes upon. Then our guide, Paul Karpenko, took us to the banana fields on Kibbutz Ha-On where he showed us how the fruit is grown and harvested. It has been a good day but also tiring. We must get up quite early tomorrow morning for our trip to the southernmost tip of Israel where we will be staying in Elat for 2 days.
Layla tov--goodnight everyone!
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