Day 3
Today was an amazing day! We traveled from the Galilee region to the northernmost part of Israel and prayed over the water sources at the base of the Mt. Hermon mountain range. These tributaries of water flow down from this mountain range and are the source of the Jordan River as it flows from here and into the Sea of Galilee. Beautiful, clear, crisp and very cold water flowed up from the ground and rock, despite the fact that Israel has been lacking rainfall. We were blessed to pray by a wonderful area that we had all to ourselves.
As a part of traveling to this area we saw the borders of Lebanon, Syria & Jordon. It was very intense seeing areas that were bombed in the Summer of 2006 as we actually passed through the town on the edge of Israel that did indeed receive much of the rockets.
We have noticed such an abundant number of trees throughout the lands we have visited. There are so many varieties including pistachio, mango, date palm, banana, eucalyptus, rubber trees, cypress, avocado, pomegranate, plum and orange trees, just to name a few. These are in addition to all the different pines and oak trees. [Diane is the official tree keeper.]
A personal highlight of this day was our time spent at the Jordan River getting baptized. Oh, how awesome it was! People from many different nations were drawn to watch us, film us and talk to us. Some even asked us to explain what we were doing as we baptized. There were new Arab convert Christians present who didn’t even know how to do it and they asked us who we were praying to. When they found out we were baptizing in the name of Jesus they cheered! It was intense and very moving.
We wondered why the Lord had us keep taking pictures of our feet at each water site [yes, we saved you a few] and today we realized why. After being baptized, we were asked by a man from Sir Lanka to pray for his wife. She had problems with her feet and as we stood there praying for her she was very touched. Prior to our journey we prayed that God would give us every part of Israel upon which our feet tread. I believe He took us seriously. Praise God!
Our tour guide, said we were all full of spirit…. but he doesn’t know “what” spirit. Keep praying that he is touched and continues to see the Spirit as we go forth. He tells us that we have been very blessed to have the sites mostly to ourselves as we travel. Thank you God!
Today was an amazing day! We traveled from the Galilee region to the northernmost part of Israel and prayed over the water sources at the base of the Mt. Hermon mountain range. These tributaries of water flow down from this mountain range and are the source of the Jordan River as it flows from here and into the Sea of Galilee. Beautiful, clear, crisp and very cold water flowed up from the ground and rock, despite the fact that Israel has been lacking rainfall. We were blessed to pray by a wonderful area that we had all to ourselves.
As a part of traveling to this area we saw the borders of Lebanon, Syria & Jordon. It was very intense seeing areas that were bombed in the Summer of 2006 as we actually passed through the town on the edge of Israel that did indeed receive much of the rockets.
We have noticed such an abundant number of trees throughout the lands we have visited. There are so many varieties including pistachio, mango, date palm, banana, eucalyptus, rubber trees, cypress, avocado, pomegranate, plum and orange trees, just to name a few. These are in addition to all the different pines and oak trees. [Diane is the official tree keeper.]
A personal highlight of this day was our time spent at the Jordan River getting baptized. Oh, how awesome it was! People from many different nations were drawn to watch us, film us and talk to us. Some even asked us to explain what we were doing as we baptized. There were new Arab convert Christians present who didn’t even know how to do it and they asked us who we were praying to. When they found out we were baptizing in the name of Jesus they cheered! It was intense and very moving.
We wondered why the Lord had us keep taking pictures of our feet at each water site [yes, we saved you a few] and today we realized why. After being baptized, we were asked by a man from Sir Lanka to pray for his wife. She had problems with her feet and as we stood there praying for her she was very touched. Prior to our journey we prayed that God would give us every part of Israel upon which our feet tread. I believe He took us seriously. Praise God!
Our tour guide, said we were all full of spirit…. but he doesn’t know “what” spirit. Keep praying that he is touched and continues to see the Spirit as we go forth. He tells us that we have been very blessed to have the sites mostly to ourselves as we travel. Thank you God!
2 comments:
YAY for the baptisms and YAY for getting to pray for someone from Sri Lanka! Yes, the Lord is giving you all you put your feet to! That is just so awesome! It is really cool to see pictures from your missions trip!!! =D WOW! I am just so amazed at it all! May God continue to bless you all... praying for you and much love to you all! Blessings and Shalom! Emily :-) <><
Yay for baptisms! So proud of you Mom, Kelly told me. :D We're actually going to have baptisms tonight at service too. See ya soon!
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