(I apologize for misspelt words. The spell check isn't working on this computer, and I am terrible at spelling.)

Wow, so intense weekend. We walked and looked at rocks, and then walked and looked at more rocks, and when we were done with that, we walked a looked at more rocks. It was glorious. And exhausting.

To be more specific about the walking and rock admiring, Saturday morning we hiked up Gamla (an ancient Jewish city of Zealots on the side of a mountian. Easily defended against Zombies, but apparently not Romans). It was long and arduious and we did it in two hours. I very nearly did not make it to the top. And I fell on my butt in a pile of weeds on the way back. After Gamla we went to two other places, Baniass (also Ceaseria Phillipi) and Tel Dan. There was more walking involved, and more piles of ancient rocks. Yeah.

Saturday night was a lot of fun though. A bunch of people from the dig went to the pub on the kibbutz. I taught Nic how to waltz. to a rap song. And he taught me how to swing dance, but I don't think it was a rap song at that point. It was fun.

Oh, wait, that was Friday night. Saturday night was the night we had a bible study on the Sea of Galilee. A group of about 9 of us started out talking about our favorite bible passages and why (we had our chairs out in the water). I talked about Joshua 1:9 which is my confirmation verse. I talked about how I get really stressed about things, and how that verse is a good reminder that God is always with me. Other people shared and left to go to bed, but four of us, myself, Lauren, Tony and Nic stayed to talk a little longer. We shared stories of how God has been working in our lives, our struggles and how those have brought us to where we are on our walks with God. It was great because I was able to talk to them about things I have really brought up with anyone else. We were all being vulnerable and no one was judging anyone else. It was beautiful. Then we sang songs including Oh Come all Ye Faithful and Oh Little Town of Bethlehem. Then I sang I will Make You Fishers of Men. We left around 1 a.m. and as we were leaving, we saw a star directly above a town accross the lake, and we decided it was Bethlehem. Probably the best evening I have ever had in my life.

Which is good, because I had to be up and on the bus by 7:30 the next morning for another full day of touring. First thing in the morning we went to Akko, a port city on the Mediteranian Sea. Several important people have been asociated with that place including Paul, St. Francis of Assisi, Nepolian, and Marco Polo (not in chronological order). I touched the Mediteranian!!!! It was glorious. We had a short worship service overlooking the sea before we left. Some kid also threw a tennis ball at my leg.

After that we went to a few more places, but I don't remember what they were. They were cool :). But I am going to wrap this up now. Bye.