Today we went to Megiddo in the Jezereel Valley. Also known as the Valley of Armageddon. Yep, the place where the final battle will take place before the second coming of Christ. It was an amazingly quiet place–only a little bit of agriculture and archeology happening. It wasn’t a big city at all. Just a small town when before this was the place to be–the crossroads of civilization. The area had been conquered dozens of times by just about every major civilization. King Josiah died there at the hands of the Egyptian Pharaoh Necho. Our next stop was Mount Carmel! This is the site of one of my favorite scripture stories: 1 Kings 18. Hopefully I can dedicate some time to write a full entry about it. Awesome. Our next stops were a Bahai garden and a cemetery in Haifa where two early missionaries for the church were buried. We got back to the center–it was such a good feeling to be “home”–had dinner, set up a study guide for our test on Tuesday, and then played basketball with the best players at the JC. I wasn’t even in the same league as the best players, but I had some good plays and gained their respect. All in all, a great day.