Israel Day Two and Three!

Day two – Gorgeous morning run. Passed the fruit stand and ran up hill to the city, kfc was quite a humorous thing to see…back down passed the VW dealership and down the hill / freeway! Back up the hill along the hillside and to the hotel, down a dirt road by cattle and around the hill were most of the valley could be seen! TRULY BREATHTAKING, just as I always envisioned Jesus and his followers walking on!!!

Day two was filled with great sites. We traveled Mt. Carmel, where Elijah called down fire from heaven, the sea port of Caesarea which was the beach home of King Herod, the ruins of which served as temporary homes for day time fishermen. It was an amazing structure that even included an amazing swimming pool (compliments of the ocean of course)! We went to Megiddo which according to prophecy will be where the last battle of Armageddon will take place. A very unique experience included visiting Nazareth Village where you walk into the land and a presentation much like Jesus would have experienced growing up. The Baptism service at the Jordan was interesting, I didn’t realize how small the Jordan really was and so much Scripture came to life by seeing the geography of the land on this day.

Day Three
Stops included Sea of Galilee, Capernaum, Mt. of Beatitudes, Boat Ride, Fish Lunch, Beit Shean, Jordan Valley and overnight in Jerusalem.

Today was an AMAZING day! I started the morning with a 10 mile run along the Sea of Galilee…breathtaking (I will post pictures via facebook later). I meet a man from Austria and had a very interesting conversation. A great start to an awesome day!
The food at the second hotel was amazing, but enough about that…

Capernaum was the location of Peters house, a mansion compared to the houses around it. To me two events stick out from this day. First, the Mt. of Beatitudes was an amazing reflection on who Jesus taught us all to be! I have so much to work on where my thoughts here…the church at this location was GORGEOUS!
God used some very effective means of communication to speak with me today, especially at the boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. Remember this is the place where Peter is given so much grief for sinking after he took his eyes off of Jesus…lets give credit where credit is due, at least he got out of the boat!
The fish was fried, but the waiter asked for mine to be baked. It was good, but I really loved seeing the expression on Sarah’s face when they served the WHOLE fish eyeballs, head, tail, and all deep fried to everyone sitting around us!
It truly was an amazing day…what a blessing going here has been!