Divine Appointments...God is Good! June 26

Sunday, we drove to Tiberias to the Sea of Galilee for a few hours. This is a picture of our family on the Sea of Galilee. It was beautiful there...and very hot. It helps give us a feel for what the 110 degree weather might be like on the Dead Sea where we will have the camp.

We did some shopping at the Souk, where Haley bought a toy and some candy. We then made our way to yet another birthday party for our friend Nieem’s son who was turning 1. Nieem works at NBS and had been to our house last year on one of the fundraising visits for the school. His father has a heart for all kids and developed “King’s Kids” ministry which has been reaching out to and discipling kids from all over Israel for the last 17 years. He has turned his 3 story house into rooms and spaces that quickly convert to places for activities and meetings for kids of all ages. Because he has an Israeli passport and also works with prison ministries here in Nazareth, he is not able to go into the West Bank very easily. He was so excited to hear that we were starting a ministry there and that we would be training leaders and hosting the camp in July.

There were a lot of kids at the party and they had a piñata for the kids. Haley was in heaven once again. At the party, we also met Nieem’s aunt Amel who was visiting from Texas to see his sister’s newborn baby (1 week old). Nieem had told her earlier that day that he had invited some Americans to the party and we worked with a group called YoungLife. She said she jumped out of her chair with excitement to tell him that she not only knew what YL was, but she was on the local committee and her daughter had been to Sharp Top Cove in 2009. She loved Young Life and was so excited to hear that it was coming to the Middle East. We are hoping that she and Nieem will come see the camp at Siesta at the Dead Sea in July to experience a little bit of what YL camping is all about.