Saturday, July 17

Saturday, July 17

This is Shabbat (Sabbath) so our breakfast was somewhat different.  It was good but they do not cook on Shabbot so no omelets or waffles.  Everything has to be prepared the day before, and before Shabbot begins at 6pm on Friday.  They have a white melon that is so sweet and delicious, a honeydew I suppose.

People were walking on the beach walkway when we went to bed and when we got up.  Many are out swimming now.  They keep going out further than the limit and the lifeguard keeps calling them back in or going out in the Seadoo to get them.  We could feel the undertow even in waist deep water yesterday.  This reminds me of Hebrews 12 where it talks about Gods discipline of us because of His love for us.  He disciplines us when we get out of His will because of His great love.  That reminds me of the song "How Deep The Father's Love For Us".  I love that song.  I posted the youtube link to it on the blog earlier.  We sang it last week at Christs Church in Jerusalem and its been in my head all week.  Beautiful words.

We went to a Messianic congregation church today with the Bridgers.  The gave us receivers and headphones where we could hear the English translation.  Scotty and I were tied together sharing 1 receiver with 1 earpiece each. The worship service was 2 hrs.  Wonderful music but no songs we knew.  They had screens with an english version of the Hebrew words so we could sing along.  Some gave the English translation for us to read as well.  Beautiful words of praise to Yeshua which is wonderful to hear in this country.  The church was packed with Jews, Arabs, Russians, Finnish and a few of us Americans - well us and the Bridgers and another missionary family.  Good time of worship to our God who is so worthy.  The pastor is an Arab Israeli and he brought a wonderful mess age.

We enjoyed some beach and pool time this afternoon, about an hr and a half is all Scotty could stand.

The Bridgers picked us up at 5:30 to go to Caesarea by the Sea for dinner.  We had a wonderful meal at the Port Cafe.  The boys enjoyed playing in a grassy area near some of the ruins of Caesarea.  They live in an apartment on the 12th floor.  Actually there is very little grass here in this country.  Those are precious boys with lots of energy ( ages 6, 4, 2 and Moriah just turned 1.  Im enjoying getting to know them better.  Pray for this family as they serve the Lord here.

The Lord provided a spectacular sunset for us to enjoy before the 20 minute drive back to Haifa!