Alive and well from Qumran yesterday. Today we spent a lot of time looking at the terraced "gardens" of Israel. They are called gans and they teach powerful lessons. They are small and don't look like they would produce a lot - and they don't- they provide just enough. Olive trees, grape vines and fig trees- part of the land flowing with milk and honey that God promised the Israelites.
Each gan has a retaining wall to keep top soil from getting away. Your wall is below your garden. You see the picture of community in that each level of gan effects another. If your neighbor's retaining wall has a problem or hole, it affects all other gans below it. And likewise, you have to maintain yours for the benefit of others. Look at the picture and see if you can see the terracing. It made Scott & I proud of Riverside's Hope Center- that is definitely one way our community reaches out and helps others who need help with their gan.
We are about to have dinner and then go for a quick walk into the Old City before it gets too dark.
Love and blessings,
Cathi & Scott
1 comment:
Oh guys..I just cannot imagine how wonderful and powerful to experience all this with each other! I pray someday God will make a way for Brian and I to do the same! I just cannot wait to see you...the countdown to home and to seeing your babies is upon us! Yall have done great and I cannot wait to see you! We are meeting tonight with 20 people from Boerne about Riverside...gonna share who we are etc...we shall see! Love yall!
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