Wednesday, February 13

After a quick breakfast at 7:00 a.m., I took a taxi to the central bus station, then a bus to Haifa. Steve, a brother in the Lord, was there waiting for me. We had a great time of fellowship as we drove to Tiberius. I mentioned that there was interest in my tour of being baptized in the Jordan River, so he drove me to where that could be done. We then met David, another Christian brother, for lunch and had an amazing time of talking about Generations. They both felt that Tel Aviv was the place to present it – and through an arts connection, not through a ministry. Tel Aviv is the financial and arts center of Israel. Any Broadway show done there sparks great interest. Also, there is significant apathy regarding the opinions of the rabbis in Jerusalem. David mentioned the two kinds of Jews in Israel – those who survived eartern Europe, and the Sephardic Jews who were more from the Mediteranean area (i.e. Spain and Morocco). I then realized that Act 1 and Act 2, respectively, relate strongly to those two histories. David said that this muscial is going to relate so deeply on so many levels that we can’t even comprehend. It was an exciting and encouraging time. After we left David at the St. Andrew’s Scots Hotel, we headed back to Haifa. I think is was a very meaningful day for Steve as well. He dropped me off at the bus station and I walked down to the beach. Jumped on the 4:40 “direct” to Jerusalem, then walked from the central bus station all the way home.