We began our day with a boat ride across the Sea of Galilee.
(My pictures are way out of order here, but I had a lot of trouble getting them downloaded, so I'm just going with it!)
The last stop of the day was driving the Golan Heights and looking out over the lands of Syria and Lebanon. We explored a former Syrian military bunker. It's very sobering to look out and see signs for active land minds, soldiers keeping a close watch on Syria through a telescope, and a UN station in the distance.
Rewind to the Jesus boat...
Afterwards we headed to the Mount of Beatitudes. This is a traditional site, meaning there's no historical evidence that this is where Jesus gave the famous sermon, but it's the most possible. Scholars have discovered something about the way this particular hillside was formed that when you speak loudly, it echoes more than others. We read from Matthew 5 at this site and looked out at these beautiful yellow wildflowers growing here.
We had St. Peter's fish for lunch today! It's a WHOLE tilapia fried! Some of the students picked out the eyeball and ate it. :)
After lunch we went to Capernaum. This was pretty amazing. Here, there are remains of the village and of a 4th century temple.
We visited Caesarea Philippi in the afternoon. Caesarea Philippi was the center of worship for the Greek God, Pan, so unthinkable things went on here. The cave in the picture is commonly known as "the gates of hell." This was one of those "a-ha" scripture coming to life moments for me--Matthew 16:13-20.
Golan Heights--All boys love big army tanks. :)
This area of the Golan Heights is known as the Valley of Tears. The buildings in the far distance is Syria.
Round building in this picture is the UN station.
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