All in a days work

We have a variety of roles, which means that no two days are alike. Yesterday it was teaching English in the school and a barbecue with stranded Brits who couldn't fly home to the UK; today it was helping to lead a prayer meeting and general maintenance in and around the chapel, which was later the venue for a funeral. The deceased was Nijme (Arabic for star), a lady who was adopted by the hospital 79 years ago after being abandoned by her parents aged 8. She was 'adopted' by various doctors and nurses, and later worked in the hospital as the head chef. She had no family, but the chapel was full of her hospital family. She was an Anglican and was buried in the church cemetery, which is in the hospital grounds, hence the Reader outfit. P

Home

Over the last two and a half years home has been wherever we open our suitcase, but since we have settled in Nazareth it is where my pillow is. We had a nice Easter at home in the UK with our families, but I have been looking forward to my pillow and bed in Nazareth.
We have recovered from our overnight flight and today we will be linking up with a group from CMS who are staying in Nazareth for a few days.
It is hard to choose between spring in the UK or here - the perfect mix would be the weather of Israel with the flowers and blossoms of the UK. In the UK we had rain on most days, but we had some sunshine when we visited St Mawes in Cornwall - the perfect setting to try out my new camera on some lovely spring daffodils. P