What a busy day!

Well, we're half through our trip, and we're all having a great time!

We started off the day very early, walking up at 6 to be at breakfast at 6:30, to get to Tel Magiddo. This is the very spot where John says in Revelation that the battle to end all battles will actually occur here. It was very interesting because so many things had been excavated, and there were just so many layers of history to learn about. A focus was based upon the chapter16 in the book of Revelation, but there was just so much to go over since there were over 25 layers of history with 17 different holy places.

After that we went to Nazareth to the Church on Annunciation, where it is said to have been the place where Mary lived on her own. What I found interesting is that Mary was originally from a different town, and then left her parents to live in Nazareth. This church, which had her home inside is also the spot where the angel came to Mary, telling her that she would give birth to the Savior of the world!

Soon after we ate lunch by Gideon's Spring which tells the story of Gideon in Judges 7:7. It was actually really cool to be by the same spring where he had chosen his army of 300 men.

But, out of everything today my favorite was visiting Beth She'an. It was an ancient Roman city, that had a huge bath house, columns, a theatre and shops, that were all excavated from this very site. It was like they just brought the entire city back to life, and after many years of being under ground because of an earth quake that destroyed the city, we were finally to go through it all! Walking the streets and running through the theatre just filled me with a sense of wonder!