Day 5 Dead Sea

After 5 days of intense climbing and studying the text, we got a nice break! The dead sea experience was quite unique. I vividly remember the frustration of trying to wade in the water and my feet wouldn't stay down. After several swimming trips to the bank to get my feet down, I decided its a law that's greater then my strength. Great parallel to the book of Romans.
Always enjoyed the devotionals in the morning when we gathered in a circle in front of the hotel. If I remember correctly, Lewis had devotions by himself one morning!?

Day 5 Masada

After the bread and tea session, we headed for the Masada. Climbing up the back way and down the front was quite a workout. Treated with Orange Juice courtesy of RVL was very nice! Am still amazed at how these men built this huge city on top of this rock mountain. Even with today's technology and equipment, it would be a difficult task. But doing it by hand in temperatures of up to 120 degrees, that's hard work!

Day 5 Bedouin Visit

Day 5 was a cooler day since we had clouds. Perhaps the children of Israel never complained about the desert heat because the cloud was always over them in the day and fire by night...thus no cold nights either. After the incredible lesson on the covenant God made with Abraham, we walked through the desert (possibly Abraham's own dwelling desert) to the Bedouin's home. Here we had some bread and tea.

Ray Vander Laan's Moment with the camera

The new year has started and with all the holidays and free time, I finally figured out how to convert hd mpeg2 video into a format called wva. This makes the file smaller and the graphics are less quality so i can cut and paste onto the blog. Let's see if this works. I think we all remember Rays time with the camera at Chorasin. Enjoy a smile!