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While walking up the tel (mound) that leads to the top of the excavation a storm blew up and pelted our group with rain. Just as we reached the top, the rain stopped, the sun, came out, and a huge rainbow popped out stretching from one end of the Valley of Meggido. I think all that stuff about the end of the world is metaphorical, but I still smiled and thought of the myth of Noah and the rainbow representing God’s promise not to destroy the earth. Nice juxtaposition.

Rent horses and climb up the volcano. It’s incredible!

I bought a few candles, lit them as prayers, and stood in line to go down into the grotto. As I stood there I thought of all the candle smoke soaked into the walls and ceiling and of all the prayers lifted up on that place. As I was getting into the spirituality of it all, an argument broke out between two groups ahead of me in line about which group was next to go down into the grotto.

Oh, well! People are people!