Yesterday we went to two villages in Samaria. One was Taybeh where we heard a priest tell an amazing story of their efforts to make the best of their situation. It is an entirely Christian village and they produce olive oil that is sent to France. He was an amazing man who is brilliant, a good theologian and an economist. He was entertaining and we really enjoyed his talk. He also showed us through a house that was like the houses that Jesus might have lived in with space for animals and living space under one roof. He explained some of the parables from that context. Then we went to Ramallah, which is a large city and heard another speaker, a woman who also is working at peace and justice. Ramallah is the city where Yasser Arafat is buried.
Today we attended a worship service, in English at a Lutheran church in Jerusalem. One of the leaders of the service is a man from Winkler. It was held in a chapel built by the crusaders. We are off to the holocaust museum this afternoon.
For those of you who care, the picture was taken to show mom celebrating one of her favorite things.
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Mmmmmm.....watermelon......
- Kristen
Oh you guys, so funny. I love your pictures, keep having a great time. Things here are well. We went to FG for church today, and it was great to be there. The youth were doing the service and it was awesome! The siblings are getting together tonight to celebrate the May birthday's it shall be grand, especially since I'm BBQing. Hopefully the snow, that's right, I said snow, will stop soon.
Peace. Joel
Larry read part of this post in church today. We are all praying for you! It must be amazing walking where Jesus walked! Enjoy!
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