Reading the newspaper while floating in the Dead Sea.
Our family at Masada (President Bush had just visited this site a few hours before us). The name Masada means "fortress" and is about 2 1/2 miles from the western shore of the Dead Sea and 15 miles north of Sodom in the wilderness of Judah. The mountain is 1,432 feet above the shore of the Dead Sea. It could possibly be identified with "the stronghold" of David (1 Samuel 22-24). Herod the Great used it as one of his favorite fortifications. According to the Jewish historian Josephus, 960 people took their own lives at Masada, choosing death over slavery to Rome.
En Gedi where David hid in a cave from Saul (1 Samuel 23-24). David may have composed Psalms 57 and 142 here.
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in Qumran in 1947. Fragments of every Old Testament book, except the book of Esther, were found. In this cave the entire book of Isaiah was found. The manuscripts date back to 125 BC and some fragments even earlier.
The Spring of Harod where God gave Gideon the criteria to choose 300 men for battle (not sure we qualified!). The spring flows from the base of Mount Gilboa into the Jezreel Valley.
The Valley of Jezreel, as viewed from Megiddo, where the battle of Armageddon will take place (Revelation 16).
Marie with a village girl and her baby goat in Nazareth.
Jennifer looking out on the Sea of Galilee at sunset.
JP and Austin enjoying some humor at Tel Dan. We have traveled from the southern most tip of Israel to the northern most point. Today at the Golan Heights we could see Lebanon and Syria.Tomorrow we travel to the Mount of Beatitudes, Capernaum, Tiberias, and take a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee!
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This is AMAZING! What an experience of a lifetime! Mike and I have been discussing making a goal of doing a trip like this at some point, and he asked me how it ranks with my dream of going to England (lifelong dream!). I have to say, it's looking like Isreal way outranks England!!
(I've always wanted to float in the Dead Sea--it must feel so strange!)
We miss you all!
Wonderful Weimanns we miss you! What a delight to see all your pictures and get caught up on your trip. We absolutely cannot wait to hear in detail about the amazing places you've been. We are so blessed the Lord has kept our dear friends safe as you've journeyed in Jesus' (and Abrahams! And David's! And Samson's!) footsteps. I'm closing my eyes and picturing you at one of my favorite places in Galilee...Capernaum. One of the sites you can picture Jesus and His disciples on the shore of the Sea of Galilee or settled on a hill. Mmmmm. We love you all and miss you terribly!
If you float on your stomach in the Dead Sea it looks like you are on top of a surf board! Once you walk out past your head, you just kind of bob in the water like a buoy. It does feel strange, but is a lot of fun!
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