Israel Springtime 2009.
Hello dear wife, children, and friends.
Did'nt you hear/see about some plane problem since 11 march 2009!
Thank God, Shalom Shabbat we (Henk/Riet Kreeft, me) had a safe yourney through customs at Schiphol, and an easy flight to Tel-Aviv, Ben Gurion airport.
There we tried to get a "shierut" taxi to Jerusalem, but it took 1.5h to get into the taxi(we were 3, and they wanted a full(12) one! They promised all the time we will go...but, OK!!!
So we arrived at about 21.30h in Yad Hashmona 25km east from Tel Aviv.(direction Jerusalem)
We were kindly guided to our very nice rooms in the volunteer area.
The next day(12 march) we had a MAGNIFICENT breakfast.(whooow), and we were awaited by Liat (volunteerguidance at Yad Hashmona) and Will Setz(coordinator Beit Avraham museum); after some paperwork we were invited to go to Will's home in Jerusalem, and to do some shoppings.
We felt really blessed to be again in Jerusalem, Israel....thank God to help in His way.
On Friday(13 march) we talked a lot about Beit Avraham museum build up (after break down something)
Eli (boardmember at Yad Hashmona) shared his vision with us to build the Beit (house) in a really historical way/scenery. WE talked for many hours, which was needed as a good foundation for teambuilding and understanding eachother, and the possibilities.
As you know friday evening at 17.00h the Sabbath starts....so we just did some practical work looking foreward to Sabbath (day off, and Sunday too)
During these 2 days we walked in the area to admire the Springtime in the Judean Hills (Ps. 121)
Early in the morning on Saturday (0.300h) I awoke, because I heared a “Dutch” noice….RAINING? Ken!!( Yes in Hebrew)
Really revelation after MANY prayers and blowing the Shofar, hallelujah.
Shabbath is also celebrated by Christians….so we did together at the dinnertime.
This saterday-evening we(volunteers) were invited by a group from Dubai, who stayed at Yad Hashmona) to join the service with Messianic believers in Jerusalem. (singing in Hebrew with English translation)
On Sunday the rain started again together with fog……+15 Celsius! (Dutch weather!)
The temperatures in the night drop to + 7 C. so we need sometimes to warm the room!(electric)
Tomorrow we will start with cleaning up the future Beit Avraham!
Shalom, be well.
Toda(thanks) for reading.
Abe.
Dear father, mother and Abe,
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear that you all arrived well (not that there was any doubt that you wouldn't...;)
And had a warm welcome, though slightly postponed, to the next morning, what I gather.
I'll follow this blog regularly! We wish you all the best!
Greetings from Ellen, Richard, Tinka, Carice and Jorrit-Pier