Here is the theatre in Oberammergau where we watched the 5 and a half hour Passion Play. This play is put on every ten years. It has been put every 10 years since 1633. What a wonderful portrayal of the story of Jesus!
This is the boat chartered by the B.C. Mission Boat Society. It is a 46ft boat. With Sleeping and living accommodations for 9 people. It was powered by two John Deere Diesel Marine Engines. We slept on this boat 4 nights and VBS on it one day.
Some of the beautiful Scenery at Hopetown, B.C.
Me driving the boat. Actually it had GPS, Radar and Auto-Pilot
The Government Dock at Kingcome Inlet
Here is the B.C. Mission Boat in Port Hardy, B.C. A six member team made up the crew for the week of August 9-16. Four of us from Outlook. Two from B.C. plus our Captain who owned the boat. What a great week of sharing the gospel with first nations kids and fellowshipping with some wonderful First-nations Christians.
Above - Ruins of Simon Peter's house in Capernaum
Above the Sea of Galilee
We had a boat ride and a communion service on the Sea of Galilee
Our Group on the Boat
Ruins of the Synagogue in Capernaum where Jesus would have preached
Above is the Treasury at Petra Jordan. It was a tomb for a Nabatean King
Above Sherryl and I at an ancient Church from the 6th century that has been recently excavated. There were beautiful mosaics on the floor.
Here I am getting water from the Jordan River. This is believed to be near the site where Jesus was Baptized. It is also close to where the Israelites crossed into Israel and where Elijah was taken up in a fiery chariot. When I was here it struck me, isn't it like our Lord Jesus to be baptized at the lowest place on the earth, fully identifying with us. I brought some water home and we have used it for two baptisms in our Church. I'm saving some for our first grandchild who will be born in October.
Sherryl and I at Bethany beyond the Jordan
There are literally acres of Green houses along the Jordan river
Above is a picture of a Tourist Camp run by the Bedouin in Wadi Rum, Jordan. You can stay in these Canadian made tents for $10.00 a night.
Sherryl and I in back of Toyota pickup going for a ride through Wadi Rum
Some of the beautiful landscape where Lawrence of Arabia was filmed
Camel Crossing
Having Lunch at a Bedouin Encampment
Steps up Mt. Sinai
We left at 2AM and rode camels until it was too rugged for them
The Burning Bush - Monastery
At the Suez Canal - Egypts main source of Income
Here I am at the top of Mt. Sinai after a 8km camel ride and hike
Sherryl with a lady from Indonesia at the Top of Sinai
A Chapel at the top of Mt. Sinai - People huddled together and Prayed - It was cool.
Sunrise from the top of Mt. Sinai at about 5AM
Here are pictures of Mohammed Ali Mosque in Cairo
The picture below is at the Coptic Orthodox Church built over the home where Mary and Joseph and Jesus stayed when they fled into Egypt from Herod.
This Sign marks the entrance to the home of the Holy Family
