The Sea

So we're living on a resort that sits on the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee right next to a kibbutz called Ein GeV. It's been so therapeutic to be by so much water. It feels so clean here! We're really lucky because it's been the rainiest fall in twenty years here so it's much more green than normal for this time of year. It's a huge change of scenery and pace and I love it.

Sunset on the Sea of Galilee from our resort beach. 

We've had lots of fun these last couple days! Christ's ministry was all over Galilee  so we've been hitting some key places. 

Mount of Beatitudes 

A church was built in honor of the Sermon on the Mount. 

Sister Strathearn taught us there about how Christ fulfilled the law. I loved learning about how our heart must be in the right place in order for our obedience to the commandments to be sincere. 

Looking out from the church towards the sea. 

Tabgha

From the Mount of Beatitudes we walked down to Tabgha. 

Here is where a church was built commemorating the place where the resurrected Christ asks Peter three times if he loved him. 

Capernaum

This is where Peter and his wife, mother-in-law, and brother Andrew lived during the time of Christ's ministry. 

This is the inside of a church built over the presumed ancient structure of Peter's home. That square in the middle is glass so that you can see the stone home below. 

Synagogue selfie! There's a synagogue just north of Peter's home built on top of a site where a synagogue from Christ's time stood. I think there's a picture of it in the quad (scriptural canon). 

Magdala

Where Mary Magdalene is from! 

They found synagogue ruins here that Christ likely taught in.

There's a brand new church built near the ancient synagogue in Magdala that has a chapel with a large boat where you preach from. There are paintings honoring Christ's twelve apostles, pillars honoring all the women from four gospels, and tile murals depicting events from Christ's life. I really loved it there. 

Ginosar

Where a 2,000-year-old boat was found, excavated, and preserved for display.

This is a fishing boat from the time of Christ!

The Sea of Galilee

From Ginosar we went accross the Sea of Galilee in a boat, back to our resort in Ein Gev. 

As it got darker the waves got bigger and the rain started. We all huddled together for warmth as we read the story of Christ calming the sea and sang Master the Tempest is Raging from our hymn books. We were on a boat in the same sea that Christ walked on and calmed!!

It was an unforgettable day!