May 27 Journey to Galilee

Date Palms growing in the desert

Kristi, Kathleen, and Karilyn dancing with Monica Di Francesco

Monica prayed as we left Psagot that we would be able to dance and worship the Lord! Driving through dusty hilly desert, a few minutes later our bus driver, Amos, stopped the overheated bus. We were in the Jordan Valley. The girls changed into their lovely costumes and danced on the road and on a gravel path with Monica. People drove by with varied reactions (mostly Palistinians - their license plates were white with green print; Jewish license plates are yellow with white print). Then a family with 6 daughters stopped to meet us. Perhaps the sacrifice of praise drew them (the temp was above 30 degrees and blazing sun), perhaps curiosity but at the end Dan spoke to the father who gave us his name and phone number(!) and told us there were many Muslims in these hills that want to live as Israelis peacefully (not as the Palistinians who reject Israel’s nationhood).We took pictures of them, Stephanie gave Canadian flags and pencils, they smiled a lot, we smiled a lot too. :) 

We reached our destination in Tiberius, along the Sea of Galilee, just after 2:30 in order to join Daniel Carmel on the vessel, Faith. Daniel came to faith in Yeshua through the witness of Christian who snag to the Lord on his boat over the years and now he enthusiastically sings lovely worship songs. The Shabbat was welcomed in with Jair Yehuda and family at the Ron Beach Hotel in Tiberius.