The view from my room at Lake Galilee (Ramon Resort Hotel).
Mount of Beatitudes
Tzvika explaining the Mount of Beatitudes to the group.
Erin and Dr. Yates listening intently.
Tzvika did a great job.
Worship service with Pastor Jonathan Falwell and Charles Billingsley from Thomas Road Baptist Church (they sort of toured with us).
Pastor Falwell preaching.
A captive audience at the Mount of Beatitudes.
Everyone is listening intently, including Dr. Yates.
Lake Galilee where Jesus might have been giving the Sermon on the Mount.
Elke, Dr. Gary Yates and Erin Yates with Lake Galilee behind us.
Beautiful place...!
Tabgha - the place of the loaf and fish multiplication.
Tzvika doing one more explanation.
Jack and his mom are listening.
So are Dr. Yates and Erin.
Boys playing in the pond at Tabgha.
Mosaic at Tabgha.
Icon at Tabgha.
The rock on which Jesus by tradition laid the bread loaves and fishes.
Tzvika at Capernaum.
Capernaum
Dr. Yates and Erin listening to Tzvika.
Lou and Gloria are listening, as are some others.
Capernaum - synagogue
Capernaum - village
Dr. Yates, the Israel tourist.
Sculpture of Peter.
Dr. Yates and Erin at Capernaum
At Decks Restaurant in Tiberias
Michael John Clement and JMac on the boat.
Dr. Caner on the boat
Some explanation from one of our tour guides.
Mount Hermon visible in the background.
Dr. Caner doing some teaching.
More teaching.
Erin and Dr. Yates getting ready for the baptism.
Lots of people to baptize!
They do look angelic :-)
More people arrive.
Dr. Caner and Pastor Falwell conferring.
Who knows what they discussed...
And they are off.
Dr. Yates joining in the water.
Pastor Falwell explaining that Drs. Yates and Percer would baptize a few people as well.
More explanation
Lisa Percer is ready to get baptized.
By now, the realization creeps in how cold the water is.
But they are ready to go.
Pastor Falwell baptized on one side, Dr. Caner on the other.
Shari Kanehl gets to go first.
Dr. Percer helps Shari down.
Dr. Yates gets ready to baptize Shari.
And it's done - buried and resurrected with Christ in baptism.
Shari makes sure Dr. Yates gets wet all over.
Erin is next
How cool to see a Dad baptize his daughter.
Congratulatory hug.
Erin gets out quickly to stay warm.
Dr. Percer is next, baptizing his wife Lisa.
Down she goes -buried and resurrected with Christ.
And it's done.
Lisa is happy.
So is Dr. Percer.
More baptisms.
Done.
Drs. Percer and Yates are getting a bit cold by now. Little did they know Dr. Caner was wearing something like a neoprene suit underneath his robe.
Andrew waiting to get baptized.
Andrew and others waiting.
Plenty more people to baptize!
Andrew
Chuck getting baptized.
Richard getting baptized.
Andrew's turn.
Buried and resurrected with Christ in baptism.
Andrew is now slightly wet :-) .
Megan Knight being baptized.
Darryl's grandpa getting baptized.
Darryl getting baptized.
Elise getting baptized.
Carol getting baptized.
John getting baptized.
Dr. Percer getting baptized.
Dr. Yates getting baptized.
Evening visit to the diamond factory.
Honey, this is only $5,000 - next anniversary? ;-)
