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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Dead Sea

On day two, the group had the opportunity to explore archeological sites of both the Hebrew and the Philistines, pick rocks from the brook where David grabbed the 5 stones for his fight with Goliath, and climb down into a cistern thousands of years old…just to name a few. At each stop, Pastor Brian taught  the Biblical significance of the spot, and saw the text come to life.   The day ended by floating in the Dead Sea.  


We are floating. It is warm. When we got in we felt oily . Very tiring day.

Dead Sea

Sheep

No fences. Shepherd is with every herd of sheep!

Lavish

Grapes!

Old millstone

Pigeons raised here

Underground cave

Ready for harvest!

Brook

Where David picked up stones

Vineyards everywhere



Big prickly pears!

Hath

Where Goliath lived

Bus

Happy sight!

Kids on field trip

Happy to be here!

Azekah

In the Valley of Elah below, David killed Goliath!

Tough climb!

Inspiring trip!

I should have exercised more!! :)

In cistern

Cistern

Water supply for this tel

Tels everywhere!

Tels are the mounds where towns were

Steep climb!

Shepherd's tent

Beth Shemish

Soren valley where Sampson grew up

Yes they are here too!

Typical gas station

Many rock walls

In Jerusalem

Nice hotel

We were dog tired!

First night

It is getting dark as we leave Gezer. These are lights of Tel aviv

Listening

Brian teaches great lessons at each place

Gezer

This ditch out main gate was the sewer ditch

Vexed

Remains (tel) of Gezer

Marker

Pole is limit for walking on sabbath for this village

Trees

Olive, fig, and fruit everywhere

Lot of crops!

Countryside

Waiting tower guide

We had a good trip here!