According to our Programme, today is a ministry day – any plans though in Arab culture are never more than a suggestion. Bashira is an Arab Christian studying at the college and the plan is for us to go with him on a prayer walk around some nearby Muslim villages talking to people and giving […]

Today we are at the Seminary all day for lectures. Julia and I are really looking forward to it. In the morning session Azar is talking to us about the Arab-Israeli Conflict, and the afternoon session Alex Miller is giving us an Introduction to Islam. This is primarily why we have come back to Israel […]

We are being taken to church today. We are all going to the Baptist Church in Nazareth. We are not going to the Baptist Church that meets on the ground floor of the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary. We are not going to Nazareth Baptist Church, the original Baptist Church planted by the Southern Baptists many […]

We are up bright and early. It is another gorgeous day and we are all going to Zippori National Park, an important historical site located in western lower Galilee. It contains some fascinating Roman ruins, some wonderful mosaic floors, a Roman theater, a fortress and church from the Crusader period, and was once a centre […]

We are awake early. It was not just the rubbish collectors making their usual racket right outside our window but the need to pack our luggage for our return to Saint Margaret’s Hostel this evening. We wonder if they will have implemented any of the changes that Julia suggested to Salim before we left for […]

We are woken at 5.00 a.m. by an earthquake. Well it sounds like an earthquake. The only member of our group who will be pleased by this is Charlene. She is very interested in earthquakes and records their occurrences on her computer daily. I ask her why she does this? Is it because she has […]

Today we have to vacate our hotel for two nights. Although we are supposedly booked in here at Saint Margaret’s Hostel for the best part of four weeks they have a big group arriving today and need every available bed in the place to accommodate them all. Since things are done very much on a […]

We have a big trip ahead of us today. We are going to Galilee. Julia and I love this area and are really looking forward to visiting it again. We say our prayers, enjoy our usual interesting hostel breakfast – I am still not sure of all that I am eating, but that has never […]

Today we are going down to the Nazareth Evangelical Theological Seminary. We are having an orientation session with May, who will outline the programme for the month with us, and we will also have an opportunity to look around the college and meet the rest of the staff. We have breakfast at 8.30 a.m. which […]

We wake up in good time to fit in another final full English breakfast before driving to the airport to catch our flight to Israel. Included in our overnight stay package at the Premier Inn are two ‘all you can eat’ breakfasts. As per usual my eyes are bigger than my stomach and neither of […]