Church in Tiberias

This weekend I attended services at a Mormon church in Tiberias with friends of mine from Haifa. Tiberias is a small city located on the Kinneret, the place where Jesus is believed to have walked on water and prophesied. I had never been to Mormon services before. Services were conducted in a combination of English, Russian, Spanish and Hebrew! After services the congregation divided into smaller discussion groups, so I sat in on the young women's lesson. The topic of the day happened to be homemaking, which surprised me a little; I don’t think such a lesson would go over well at my religious school. I can just imagine parents’ reactions if their daughters emerged from class as aspiring homemakers.

After services my friends took me to Capernaum, an archaeological site of a synagogue where Jesus is said to have preached. Then we continued North to Qazrin, a partially-restored, Talmudic-era village. Man, I am really glad I didn't live back then; those were seriously cramped, dark, stone houses with very short doorways.
The lower Galilee is quite picturesque, with lots of rolling hills and vegetation this time of year. Even just driving around was enjoyable, and that says a lot given my general aversion to Israeli motorways!