Trees

The war last year when radical Islam hit Israel with thousands of rockets was devastating to the trees. The katyusha rockets cannot be accurately aimed. You aim them somewhat like you aim a bottle rocket. To complicate matters a little, this is a special year on the Jewish Calendar. It is a Shmitta year. During the shmitta you should not plant a crop nor cultivate. You are to allow the land to rest. The trees don't rest though. They will suffer if nobody cares for them. So it is a blessing if a foreign visitor who is not Jewish offers to tend to the trees.

That is what the group did for the morning. They trimmed hundreds of trees.
After the trees, it was time for lunch. How appropriate it seemed to eat fish from the sea of Galilee! The fish are roasted on a charcoal fire and served with a huge variety of salads.


Since we are already on the shore of the Galilee, we visited Capernaum and the place where Jesus met the disciples with fish for breakfast after the crucifixion.






Of course, what day on the Galilee would be complete without a ride on a boat?