Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Day 10 Farm, rocks and more experiences






Thanks Rachel for giving me a break last night!

Thanks to God for the gift of life! Bless God for sending us the Messiah so we can have eternal life. This morning we headed west from the sea of Galilee towards Nazareth and stopped by a field that had been harvested and is now ready to prepare the soil again for the upcoming season. You must ask your tour friend about the parable of the sower. We had quite the experience on studying this text. I hope you all get to see my video on this lesson. it will move you on your knees, especially with burning feet and 120 degree heat. smiles!

Another lesson for some study from you our friends. Ray layed out for us the text about the little boy from the carpenters shop. you may want to study this text. you may come to realize that perhaps he had a bit different trade. look up the text! Text means written Word of God.

I thought you may enjoy a picture of our daily lunch. Pita bread with meat and if you are lucky enough to be first in line, you get cheese and pickles to enjoy your sandwich. If you are last in line, well, lets just say you get a very dry sandwich! ouch, they are good if you can load them up!

The girls are dancing in a wine press. its a very touching experience to observe this through the Hebrew culture. Ask somebody to explain!

The last pictures of a pile of rocks was a very moving experience at the end of the day. Today was the last day by Galilee and tomorrow we head toward Jerusalem. So we added to a standing stone by each of us picking up a rock and putting it on this pile as a reminder to the person that led us to Jesus Christ. We heard the experiences of people who has rough lives and how God brought shalom through people who were faithful in bring peace to people in need. We have been so blessed to experience the gift of salvation. Why don't we share this gift with others in a world of chaos?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Your blogs are very interesting Roy,it's almost like being there in person.very good descriptions, pics, etc.we're looking forward to when you'll be back to tell us about your experiences in person.
Thanks for all the time & effort.
God Bless & safe travels.
Sam & Lela

Anonymous said...

My comment is gonna seem REALLY late, but if anybody sees it who was with RVL on this tour, I'm sure they'll agree with me, in the top right picture for this day, he looks like he's GOT to be dancing and saying, "Ain't that cool?"!!! And of course it was!!!