You have no idea how hard it is to get mom to take a picture now! This is Caesarea, where King Agrippa had a very nice summer home. I want one here too. Paul preached here to Agrippa and then was sent to the world to teach. This is the door to the preaching of the christian gospel to all the world. Peter had his vision down the road at Joppa that 'no man is common' and then sent Paul out, not just to teach to the house of Israel anymore. Cool.

Caesarea, we stopped to play in the mediterranean. The water went right over dad's shoe in this picture!

The Roman aquaducts to bring fresh water (dozens of miles away) to Agrippa's house at Caesarea. Up on top there is a trough that carried the water. It's neat up there, I climbed up.

This is the view from the top of Mt. Carmel. There is so much free natural carmel growing on the trees that is yumy to eat! This is where Elijah confronted the priests of Baal.

Me and Elijah about to cut down the priests of Baal.

We started the day in Haifa, up north near Lebanon, where Hezbolla fires rockets from time to time. There are two LDS missionaries buried here. They died of small pox in 1895. They are the key reason the LDS church has a presence here and received permission to build the BYU Jerusalem center. Israel refused any non-established religions when they received independance in 1948. These graves proved a prior LDS presence, and the primary reason Israel allowed the BYU Jerusalem center.