roadtripping

haifa 21.10.2006

saw the beautiful haifa from mount carmel.
the city is nowadays known as the centre for bahai religion.

father, when will elijahs mock the prophets of baal again?
one man of God would be enough,
are we really Gods, or what is going on?

a fancy temple they do have, the bahais.
and a beautiful garden.

but still daddy knows how to make things even more baeutiful.
nothing compares to the waves of the mediterranean.


nasareth and mount tabor 22.10.2006

two thirds of nasareth are arabs.
souks and the smell of coffee.
and a church, again. build on a holy place where the angel appeared to mary they say.
if I had to choose, this churchbuilding would be my favourite though.
the doors proclaim the gospel with its pictures.

sea of galilee.
I wonder if I would have taken those steps of faith peter did?
will I?

mount tabor, where Jesus spoke with elijah and moses.
this place was something else.
you could actually sense the holiness. prescense.
ones soul really rested.

we climbed to the highest point of the mountain to see the sun go down.
on top of an arch made by stones.
I seriously wasnt going to climb, cause im not so fond
of high places and climbind steep walls,
but susanne and petri wouldnt give up.
I took a hold of petris hand almost hyperventilating,
and even to my own amazemend did go up.
with their help.

and the view was breath taking.
and the whole episode spoke to me about church,
fellowship, weakness, sharing and faith.

the beach of haifa and akko 22.10.2006

lovely day,
spent time on the beach.
collected shells.

saw the nice city of akko,
its an old port town,
quite an important city
from the crusader times.
so far its almost my favourite!
the sea and kind of the same athmosphere as the old city in jeru.

great trip we had,
but boy it felt good to come back home.
back home to jerusalem.