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Greetings, Rick!
Today was Day 5… what
a day. It started with a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee. I was
surprised to discover that when you are out on the sea, you can easily see the
coastline all the way around it. We went up to the top of Mount Arbel for
a wonderful panoramic view of the sea and the surrounding hills and towns.
I learned something amazing up there that you will all have to wait to
hear. We saw the “Jesus Boat”- a first century fishing boat
that was recently found buried along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. We
traveled next to Capernaum and saw the ruins of what was quite likely the home
of Peter, where Jesus stayed in Capernaum. We also saw a small section of ruins
of a first century synagogue where Jesus taught. We rejoiced in the
resurrection on what may well have been the very beach on which Jesus made
breakfast for the disciples. We visited the ruins of Magdala, the home of Mary
Magdalene. In addition to all this, we had some great teaching from Erwin
Lutzer, Michael Rydelnik and Larry Feldman of Chosen People Ministries. To top
it off, Pastor Lutzer invited the pastors among the group to join him and the
other tour leaders for dinner. As it turned out, there are only 2 pastors
among the tour group- a pastor from Chicago named Steve and me. So,
we all had a great conversation and I received some much needed encouragement and
challenge from Larry Feldman. Perhaps the most amazing thing about this
day is that all of the words I have typed so far don’t even begin to describe
the day… and we have 7 more to go!
Due to file size
limitations, I am sending four pictures as separate emails. [And as soon as they arrive, I will post them.- Rick]
Grace and peace,
PD