We are in Cyprus for a couple of weeks. This is our yearly trek to the land of encouragement. And encouraged we are! Great to be with the community of friends we have here. Great to be with our daughter, who is stationed here for the next six months. Great to be by the sea….
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New Blog…
New Blog up… yep! not post, but blog… “blessings from zion.”
Festival of Lights Evening Three
“… in His light, we see light.” (Psalm 36:9). I spent the late afternoon making latkes or potato pancakes. They are a Hanukkah tradition and worth the calorie splurge once a year. Here is a great step-by-step process. Later, our Israeli neighbors upstairs came down, and we enjoyed the time together with latkes and sour cream…
Hanukkah Evening Two
Arise, shine for your light is come and the glory of the Lord is risen upon you. Gross darkness shall cover the peoples of the earth, but my glory is risen upon you. (Isaiah 60:1) Yesterday was such a sweet day with my husband. We drove to Ein Kerem, which is a beautiful town nestled…
Hanukkah Evening One
We gathered with some friends in our neighborhood to light the first candle of Hanukkah. As we walked to their apartment, we noticed the colors of the sky. It was that twilight time of early night when everything becomes gray, but last evening it seemed grayish purple. And we could feel the evening falling as…
Rainbow
I just spent the loveliest two days at the Dead Sea with girl friends–mineral baths, facials, good food, lots of talking, and laughing. Sooooo restorative. On the way home, it looked like it was raining in Jordan across the Dead Sea. And there was a magnificent rainbow. Then a double rainbow… so brilliant because the…
Galilee and on to Jerusalem
On the second night of our Israel tour, the group stayed on Kibbutz Maagan Eden. Since I lived on a kibbutz for over two and one half years in my early twenties, I am very partial to kibbutz life. This particular kibbutz in the north is so beautiful and peaceful, nestled on the shores of…
Caesarea and More…
Thanks to my dear friend, David, and Sar El Tours we have been enjoying an amazing tour of the Holy Land. They have worked hard to make the trip wonderful in every way. I just could not post photos of our day yesterday. I was totally exhausted and jet lagged after the flight and exciting…
Bonnie Saul Wilks 