Israel Blog - Part 2

Friday 15th May...Home again....praise the Lord
 

Here I sit eating Halva and watching the good English rain soak my lawn and my flowers. No worries: most of the post holiday washing is dry and I have collected in my Christian Aid envelopes kindly delivered for me by Betty. My first attempt at leading a Group in Israel is finished, without losing a single tourist! I can't believe how really well it all went. Of course the good Bishop and his gorgeous wife were more than an asset, they were magnificent. The services we enjoyed each day, produced by Richard and led in turn by most of those willing, brought our Pilgrimage from ancient history into a feast of praise and prayer. As we learned about the ancient sites and linked them with readings, songs and prayer we also met and got to know the living stones of Israel, joining with them for a short time as they live out the same joys and sorrows we read about in our bible in the time of Jesus and before.

 
Yesterday we walked around Caesarea, Herod's ancient playground, We paddled in the Med and bought our very last postcards, visited a last "smiley" before the tedious business of getting through all the security of Ben Gurion airport and flying home via Zurich to Heathrow.

 
What is a "smiley"? Think about it! Where does a bus load of tourist go after drinking 2 litres of water in a hot country? And what do they do when they have been??

 
Thank you to those who risked all to come with me on this adventure and to the Mothers' Union for asking me to do it. Six months to recover before the next in November!

 
With Love Trish x

Eucharist at Dominus Flavit

Children in the Hellen Keller Blind School

Children in the Hellen Keller Blind School

English roses in a foreign land