Last day in Galilee area

Another great day, I know of no other words to discribe it. Today we started out at Caesarea by the sea. It is about two hours away from Tiberias where we have stayed for four days. Caesarea is on the Mediterranean Sea.this was a large seaport and it was the fifth largest in the world. Paul was probably imprisoned here. David gave a very moving account of Paul's defense of the gospel.

We sat in a large arena where Christians and Jews were tortured for their faith in God. 

Afterwards, Boaz took us along the shore where we could actually dig pottery, marble, pottery handles and other treasures out of the dirt walls.

It was hard to pull everyone away!!!

We made a quick stop to see the aquaducts, they spanned eleven miles and the water flowed perfectly from the source of the water to the 

Or next stop was lunch at a Druze village, fresh vegetables, humas, pita bread and flaffals! 

Our next journey was to Mount Carmel. Rain was in the forecast and Billy watched the radar and predicted it would rain about one. Our plan was to hear the story of Elijah and the 450 prophets of Baal at the top of the mountain, but because of the rain, we first walked down Mount Carmel. It was a steep  descend and it took about an hour to get down, but we did beat the rain. It is hard to imagine how they got the bulls, water and wood up there.

After we got down, the rain started and our faith lesson was on the bus. Billy's prediction was close! Last stop was at zippora, there we saw some beautiful mosaics.

Time for heading home, God blessed our day with his presence.