Another warm day in paradise. Mid 90's. Our travels took us to Kana (where Jesus turned water to wine & where he changed our plans significantly), Haifa (to meet up with the deLeon's, acquaintances who are now friends), Mt Carmel (where Elijah defeated the prophets of Baal in a battle of faith), a Druse community, and to Caesarea (more archaeological stuff, city where Paul was imprisoned before taking his cruise to Rome).
On the matter in Kana (Cana is how we usually spell it; they pronounce it with 2 short "a's"), we drove into the town knowing there was a church marking the supposed spot of the wedding feast. We saw a sign saying "Churches Street", deduced that must be it, and headed down this narrow cobblestone street, getting narrower by the yard until someone had left their VW blocking the road (little did we know that beyond the VW were rocks that would have required we turn around anyway). So we turned around. As we made our way back we came to the 2 men we had seen sitting across the narrow street from their gift shop. We made eye contact, rolled down the window, and they were (in English) inviting us to park in their driveway next to the shop. We did so, went to tell them thanks, only to hear the one man tell us he was a pastor at a Baptist Church in Kana. That lead to conversation, a ride to his church, meeting some of his family, hearing about the church and ministry, and a wonderful time of prayer. And that was pretty cool.
So was our time with Daniel and Christy deLeon, their son Azariah and Daniel's grandmother Malia. They are from SoCal, studying in Haifa, and working alongside a church and seeking to share Christ with those who are willing to hear. After conversation we went to Mt Carmel, perhaps the top Biblical sight of the day (to me anyway). While there we recorded Daniel reading the Biblical account of Elijah as we shot a movie of the Valley of Jezreel (Esdraelon, Armageddon, same valley we saw yesterday but from a different direction.
We had lunch at a Druse cafe. The Druse are an interesting religious group and we will let that be enough on that subject for now.
Better go. Tomorrow hope to be a little more laid back, perhaps a swim in Lake Genesseret (Sea of Galilee). Perhaps.