Day Five Video!




A very quick update until tomorrow. We spent the early part if the morning at Lazarus' tomb in Bethany, the home of Mary & Martha. The we spent about 1/2 day at Masada, without a doubt one of the more fascinating and impressive places I have ever been . Remember the epic mini-series in 1981 with Peter O'Toole & Peter Strauss. Dexter will be posting some great video of the ancient mountain fortress and Jewish stronghold against the Romans in 73 AD - remember the movie . I'll tell you all about it in tomorrow's post.

Then we hit En Gedi, the Oasis paradise in the middle of the desert where David hid from Solomon.

After that, a brief stop and swim in the Dead Sea. The water was nasty, but you really do float in the water - it's impossible to sink. You just bob around like a cork in the gooey, salty water that sits at the lowest inhabitable place on earth (1300 below sea level). A one of a kind experience.

Anyway, sorry for the paltry entry - I;ll add more tomorrow. I'm exhausted after spending the night back behind the wall of the West Bank. I had a crazy opportunity to dine in the private home of a Palestinian Christian family. It was a night of warm hospitality mixed with the stark reality of living inside occupied territory. I'm exhausted from the experience. The trip keeps getting better & more meaningful every day.

We're seeing every holy site, but we are also meeting several holy people. Blessings until the morning.