Today, the group took a bus in the occupied West Bank. Our first destination was the Herodian Fortress. Herod the Great had this built. It is on the edge of the Judean Wilderness. The link to the video clip gives a panoramic of the wilderness.
We also went into Bethlehem. Here we went to the Church of the Nativity, an organization named Diyar which was started by the local Lutheran church, and a Palestinian refugee camp. The Diyar organization which is actually a combination of several does amazing work serving people of all ages and faiths supporting them in health care, sports, and the arts. You can find out more by googling Diyar Bethlehem.
The video link is:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9iq9ctfDp4
The following link has some photos I took today as well.
https://picasaweb.google.com/107103284714257400001/July6PicturesForBlog?authkey=Gv1sRgCJei2ojppPTZvAE#
Tom,
ReplyDeleteThe commentary and video clips are fascinating. The long slow panoramas with a bit of voice information are quite first rate. Keep up the good work. It seems that this venture is as inspiring as hoped for.
All the best,
Philip
PS: Also reconfirming that we will call on Skype
11AM our time on Sunday 7/10.