miriam (beloved, stubborness, waters of strength): I left my heart in Galilee

We got back from our 10 day trip from Galilee yesterday, and I feel like I left a bit of my heart there! No joke, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life. Highlights were going to Nazareth, boat ride across the Sea of Galilee (we stayed in a Kibbutz, and our beach shacks were right on the sea of Galilee!), Mt. of Beatitudes, bonfire on the beach wih s'mores, eating dinner at the fish restaurant and getting ice cream in Tiberias (there was a light show going on when we went, it was so cool!), beautiful hike to a gorgeous waterfall (Galilee is very lush, I did not feel like I was in Israel!), I got to speak in sacrament meeting with the Galilee branch in Tiberias (the church bought a villa for them to meet in a few years ago, it overlooks the sea of Galilee and Capernaum!) which was an amazing opportunity (also, during the last talk, all the sudden there was a huge crack of thunder, and a storm blew in, in about 2 minutes, and it was pouring rain, and we couldnt see anything, like not even the Sea, and then for the closing hymn we sang "Master the Tempest is Raging", it was so cool!), and going to the Jordan River after church, swimming in the Sea of Galilee, swimming at Ha-Shelosha (this adorable, warm springs with the coolest warm waterfall! so pretty!), Nimrod's castle, sunsets on the beach every night, lecture from a Kibbutz member about how the kibbutz meets (so interesting!), testimony meeting around a bonfire on our last night beside the Sea of Galilee-so good!
I took over 600 pictures, and I havent even begun sorting through them, so here's a few random ones! (also, they told us it was going to be 21 degrees all week, and I was trying to pack light, so I only brought one sweater, and it rained every day and was SO cold! So excuse that I am wearing the same outfit every day, and I also chose sleep over beauty-so excuse that too!)

In Nazareth, behind us is the church of Mary, it has heaps of different murals and paintings donated by different countries of Mary with baby Jesus

Mt.Arbel lookout

Mt. of Beatitudes

This flower reminded me of Hawaii!! There arent any of these in Jerusalem:(

Nof Ginosar, one of the ancient boats that was found not too long ago, this is like the fishing boat people in Jesus' time would have used.

About to get on the boat to go across the Sea (in case any of you didn't know, the Sea of Galilee is actually a lake, they told us it was just called a "sea" to make it sound better! It's also called Lake Kinneret)