The first half of Day 5 was spent in class. I met with my students from 8-10 and 12-1, working through large chunks of Matthew and introducing Luke. In the afternoon, many of the students went on a hike, but I finally got some time off, going down to the lakeside with my family. `En Gev actually has a bit of a beach, but because the water level is so high right now, we ended up sitting on rocky stretch while Samuel paddled and flapped around in the water.
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| Samuel venturing out into the Sea of Galilee |
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| Elaine on our rocky "beach" |
After dinner we had a bonfire on this same stretch of "beach."
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| Another Sea of Galilee sunset pic |
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| The lights of Tiberias can be seen across the sea at night |
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| The view from the church's balcony |
Today, Day 6, was Sabbath, so we went around the Sea of Galilee to Tiberias, where the LDS branch meets. Our church meetings are held in a large converted house, which sits on a hillside that affords a beautiful view of the sea during services.
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| With a group of our students on the balcony of the meetinghouse right before church |
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| With Samuel after sacrament meeting |
Kent and Nancy Jackson took the students back to `En Gev on the bus, stopping at the evangelical baptismal site at Yardenit along the way (here is a link to my pictures from
our visit last semester). This let us take the center car home, giving us a little family time, which we used to drive around the north side of the lake. Along the way, we stopped so I could take a few pictures of the site of
Magdala. This was a fish processing (brining) center at the time of Jesus, also known by its Greek name Tarichaeae. It is most famous, however, as the presumed home of Mary Magdalene.
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| Some of the archaeological work going on at Magdala |
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| Of course there is a little commercialism cashing in on Mary Magdalene! |
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| The site shares the location with a beach . . . Elaine thought that this sign was hilarious |
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