Day 6 dead sea scrolls hike

While most of you were sleeping we were heading out to Qumran for a lessons on commitment from the essenes. these people lived by the dead sea and believed in studying very seriously and preached repentence by water baptism. they would memorize the whole old testament. one challenge was on memorizing scriptures so that God can bring it to our head when the need arises at that special appointed time. Thy word have i hid in my heart that i may not sin against thee. these people were about 20,000 in count and gave their whole life to God. some believe John the baptist may have come from this group. here is where most of the dead sea scrolls came from. check the pictures out, we climbed way up the stone mountain and saw cave number 9 where they found the scrolls. you need to see my video to fully apprecite the place they hid these. the climb was very steep and at one time we experienced the mercy of God as a sister slipped and fell and saved by her husband's hand hanging down a steep cliff/hill into the canyon. no doubt your prayers saved her life. she hung on till we had more people join in dragging her back up. God is good! don't worry just pray!

Karina, here is a picture of the hotel room by the dead sea. Also today we climbed the mountain where Lot and Abraham seperated ways. Next we went into a cave/staple and celebrated the birth of the Messiah. Merry christmas. We continued to the sea of Galilee and will spend the next 5 nights here at the same hotel. another lesson was the manger, it was a stone tub where the sheep would drink their water from. ever wondered where the crisscross manger ideas come from?

Pray for our legs and feet, they are taking a serious beating! Its been many years since my body took a physical beating like this! smiles!! I can see my golf buddies laughing and wondering if i can outdrive mike now with these powerful leg muscles!

Food for thought, John the baptist came from the wilderness preaching repentence. What did he eat? Locust and wild honey. The word locust in the hebrew means carob. We broke one off from a tree and are bring it home.

I was humbled by the wonderful group as they took an offering on the bus to pay my internet connections so i can continue to blog with words and pictures.