We have had a frustrating few weeks trying to arrange meetings with some of our partners, but making appointments is not how it is done here, but yesterday turned out to be very productive.
Our previous visa appointments have never had a positive conclusion, we have always had to leave and return a few days later with additional documents, not this time. At our early meeting at the Ministry of the Interior we discovered that one of our documents didn't have the official church stamp, our early appointment gave us time to race over to our vicar's home, he had just returned home from a meeting, and so he was able to stamp the letter in time for us to drop it back to the visa lady - we now have visas for another year.
On the way home we called into the school (without an appointment) to see the head-teacher and found that for once she was not busy. She was also able to introduce us to the new English teacher and music teacher. We start the new term in a few days.
And then out of the blue came a call from the new administrator of the Bible College, he was arriving in 10 minutes so could we meet - over the next couple of weeks we will be helping with their relocation to offices in the hospital.
In the afternoon we had the pleasure to meet with Hector and Lydia (CMS) ,they have recently arrived in Israel. And then to round off the day we went to a BBQ for ex-pats returning from a cool summer in USA and UK.
Our most productive day! P
Last week we enjoyed having our niece and nephew with us for a few days. It was a whistle-stop holiday because there is so much to see in Israel and they were only here for a week, but we were able to see all the important holy sights and visit the three seas - Dead, Galilee and the Med.