Hello, everybody! I hope you’re enjoying hearing about my brother’s adventures in Israel. Today was a big day for them. After breakfast at Pilgerhaus, they went to the ancient city of Capernaum, where Jesus spent a lot of time. He also met his closest friends there and asked them to come with Him on a big adventure. Here’s a picture of what people have found to be what’s left of the old town.
Don’t let the old stones fool you, though. In it’s time, this was quite a city! Here’s the Synagogue that Jesus spoke at. Even now, it still looks fancy to me!
This is what’s left of Peter’s mother-in-law’s house. One day, she was sick, and Jesus healed her, and she got up and made a nice dinner for everyone. I think we would all want to do something nice for Jesus if we would stop and think about how kind He has been to us.
Look how pretty the Sea of Galilee is! I think Jesus is someone all the fishermen want to be friends with because otherwise I don’t think they would have wanted to leave such a nice place!
Here is the Church of the Twelve Apostles. This is Fancy Central!
Even the outside of the Church is fancy. Here’s what God put on the grounds!
I think my tail is big! This peacock could clear our coffee table with one swoosh!
This is the entrance to Peter’s Primacy. My computer is being silly: it thinks I mean Peter’s Primates or Peter’s Pharmacy, but I am going with what my brother sent me.
This is the place where Jesus cooked a nice little barbecue breakfast for the Disciples. We could stop right there with that story and I’d be happy, but it gets even better. First, the Disciples had been out fishing all night and hadn’t caught a thing. Then, Jesus told them where to cast their nets, and they brought in 153 fish! That’s probably all the different kinds of fish in the world! I know my brother was happy when he and Jody and Steve caught 70 crappie on Jody’s birthday.
Even more important than the barbecue is that this is where Jesus asked Peter three times, and Peter answered three times that he loved Jesus. I’ve never been to obedience school, but maybe it’s something like that: after Peter had denied Jesus three times, Jesus just wanted to make sure that Peter had broken that bad habit, so that he could do all the great things that Jesus was preparing for him to do.
My brother and the group had lunch – fish from the Sea of Galilee! – and then went to Magdala, which I think is the hometown of Mary Magdalen. Just in the last few years, they have uncovered a Synagogue and other parts of the town that date back to Jesus’ time. That is so exciting!
There is a nice church right on the Sea of Galilee in Magdala. Look how the altar and the pulpits look like a little boat!
If you go downstairs, there is another chapel with a really pretty picture. It’s right at my eye level, too! It tells the story of the lady who thought, if I can just touch the hem of His garment, I’ll be healed. And she was! Can you see her finger touching Jesus’ garment? I would have loved to have been right there!
The group then took a boat out on the Sea of Galilee. It reminded me of our boat in Washington!
And speaking of boat rides, the Yenzer Resort and Spa is the best! I’ll bid you a good evening with this great movie of Abe and me being treated to a float trip!
Love, Winston
Another great day, Winston you are the best narrator! Enjoy your float trip!
Beautiful!
Thank you for this report.
Ran