Dawn over Bethlehem

We are in Bethlehem! All eleven of this year’s participants arrived tired, safe, happy, and a little unbelieving that the view from their hotel balcony is actually Bethlehem. Tomorrow we begin to discover stories we’d never hear without this trip, but tonight over dinner and brief getting acquainted time we began to be a group, a living, learning community. (Fearless leader totally forgot to get group photos. Oops. Tomorrow.) In the morning we’ll start at Wi’am, the Palestinian Conflict Resolution Center in Bethlehem, then Aida Refugee Camp, and that’s just the morning. Stay tuned!

Entrance to Wi’am Center

Delicious beauty in Wi’am garden…

…and ugliness outside Wi’am’s gate.