Dinner Guests

Long before actually moving to Israel, we came up with a fun list of "Top Twenty Reasons to Move to Israel." Many of the items on this list included places to see, things to do, experience, etc. - and I think we have now checked all of them off the nearly forgotten list - except for one thing - of which will not be discussed here. Aren't you so curious???

Anyway, one of the things we were excited about as we dreamt of one day living in Jerusalem was living in the "Shephelah" or crossroads of 3 monotheistic faiths - Judaism, Islam and Christianity. Living in Jerusalem sure is a unique experience in that way, and we are blessed to have become friends with a few locals from different cultures and religions. Since the completion of our studies (now about a month ago already!) we knew the remainder of our time would pass us by quickly, so we again came up with a "Things To Do Before We Leave" list. This list includes places to visit, trails to hike, items to purchase - and most importantly - people we really want to spend time with. Within the past week we were richly blessed to spend time with the following dinner guests...

Boaz, his wife Magie and their two sons

Ismael, his wife Ronia and their four beautiful children.
They all piled in Ismael's taxi & drove from their house on the Mt. of Olives.

Cyndi, Dawn and Andrea (now living in Bethlehem) and Stacie -
enjoying tacos on our roof.

Thanks friends for wonderful, memorable nights. Stacie and I sincerely cherish our friendships with you all. You will be missed. May God continue to bless each of you on your journey! And -

"Bizrat HaShem" (Hebrew),
"Inshallah" (Arabic),
"God-willing" (English) -

we will see each other again!