after Arbel

well this morning i got up and spent 30 minutes writing a blog with a great teaching, but it was lost somehow in cyber space, so i am just going to have to trust G-d with it. (I am not Joking) today we walked from Nazereth to Sephoris. it was a great walk were i picked wheat and rolloed it between my fingers and ate the kernals of wheat, it was pretty good. it was amazing walkingthe path again, when you learn it with your feet it is amazeing what you remember. i could have found it without a guide. 2 years ago right at the beginning there was an elderly man picking cucumbers from his field, this is the sabbath year and his field was unplanted. I said a special pray for G-d to bless him for his obedience to Torah, as there were many fields that were planted. we also had a special treat in that we went to Meggido, some of you will recognize it as Har Meggido or Armegedon. it was very heavy, for we stood ontop of the alter that would have been used for infant sacrifices during the time of Abraham. it is too graphic to put on here so you will have to wait to hear what they did, but it breaks my heart. there was also a tunnel much like hezzekiah's tunnel but much smaller, but still impressive. Meggido is the largest tell in Israel, gezer is the second having 29 layers of civilization. Meggido has 77, it is crazy, but if you wanted to control the world the easiest way was to control Meggido. we then went to some place very special, the place most likely referred to in mark 1:35 and Luke 6:12. Mount Arbel. it was an amazing hike that i had serious doubts about our group making, but they did. it was awesome. up on the top we talked about what kind of dedication it takes to hike up to a place like that just to pray for someone. sorry adults, i didn't eally pray for you, but i did pray for you children, many of them by name. i laid on my face and with all the fire i can muster i earnestly battled for them. we owe it to them to pray for them as we have never prayed before, with all the energy it takes to climb a mountain and more. they are the treasure G-d is trusting us with and what a treasure it is. Let's lead them by example to be the men and women G-d is calling them to be. it was also cool that we prayed for our disciples and mine happened to be up there with me.
we are all exhausted and i have a sweet tan line, you will all be jealous. tonight is our last night in Galilee before we move to Jerusalem. I can't wait to see it again. I pray that many of you are seriously considering the October trip, my heart leaps at the idea of sharing an experience like this with those in our community.

Tben

P.S. Brooke I love you