This time we visited especially our Mischpacha (family). Maria flew ten days before me, because the second son Negev of Judith and Ron was born. What a joy to live a life as a four generation family (see the picture below)! If we can learn something from Judaism, than it is the esteem of the family as a place for shared living, learning together the word of god and the worship of the god of Israel.

We were very happy to be with our brothers and sisters in Sde Boker in the Negev desert. How they live their faith reminds us at the first church in Jerusalem - they are sharing everything, they help each other, their houses are open for guests, they are generous - despite that it is hard to earn money there. God counts on us - to share our wealth with them.

We spend some lovely days with our friends from Haifa Avishay and Chava and our mother Ruth from Tivon. We were close as we saw the anger of the Arabs and the blame that all the world was giving Israel about what happened with the "Gaza flotilla". In these moments you can see who is a real friend of Israel.