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 […]

Today we leave Chipps Barton on the first stage of our journey to Israel. We have packed our cases and just about managed to get everything in within the 20 kilos limit. Fortunately we only have to get two cases and a couple of small travel bags into our Corsa. We can almost audibly hear […]

It is said that when Dr Billy Graham came to the UK in 1953 he visited Wales. Whilst there he spoke at a meeting for Ministers and Lay Leaders, many of whom could remember the 1904 Welsh Revival. ‘Do you remember the 1904 Revival?’ Dr Graham asked. ‘Yes! Yes!’ came the reply from the congregation. […]

Many of us, especially those with Scottish blood, are probably familiar with the well-known traditional Scottish song The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond, often known more simply as just Loch Lomond for short. Loch Lomond is a large Scottish loch located between the counties of Dunbartonshire and Stirlingshire. The song Loch Lomond was first published […]