ISRAEL AND JORDAN 2009: Pictures from Israel

I am finally able to download some pictures. The internet connection where we have been staying wasn't strong enough, but now that we are in Tiberias I have a better connection. So I will give you our day update and then you can see some pictures over the last 2 days.

We started our day with another great breakfast, then went through a museum that was right at our kibbutz. Then we had to say goodbye to the Mediterranean and had an hour drive to Mount Tabor. After a winding road to the top, and a short stop to see a Catholic church, we had our Sunday church service in the courtyard of the Catholic church. We sang a few songs, then Gord gave a short message. From Mount Tabor we stopped at a small grocery store to pick up a few groceries for our picnic at Gideon Spring. Just as we were pulling in to the park of the Gideon spring we heard this huge bang, and realized that one of the large windows in the bus had cracked. Fortunately it never shattered. By the time we finished our picnic lunch and went to a devotion at Gideon Spring, a new bus had arrived to replace the broken one. From Gideon Spring we continued on the Beth Shean, once a thriving Roman city. We were able to walk around and see some of the original road, some of the mosiac tile work and the fun highlight of the day was seeing the community bathroons that were used 2000 years ago. Apparently back then male and females used a common toilet so I have a few pictures that I am posting.
We had another great day and tomorrow we will go on a boat ride on the Sea of Gaililee. Since I'm tired this is a shorter blog, but hope to post more news and pictures tomorrow.

This a group picture taken at Ceasarea. Not very clear but most of us are there.

On our way to Mount Carmel, we drove past some old graves that would date back to the time of Jesus where a body would be buried and a stone rolled in front to close the grave.