Today is our final full day in Jerusalem. We have officially finished our guiding and serving here, but now we need to clean our apartment for the next set of volunteers. Due to a mix up of dates we had to move out of our apartment and move in to a different one for one night which meant we had to do all the cleaning earlier than planned. It worked out good though as we now have all the cleaning done, and have the rest of the day to relax, and perhaps go back in to the old city and see what else I can buy to fill up the suitcases. You can always squeeze one more thing in - right?!?!?
The hardest part of leaving is saying goodbye to the friends we have made here. We have had to say bye to other volunteers that have left before us, and now it is our turn to leave. As we watch the others guide, prepare communion, and serve in the gift shop, we are sad that our time has come to an end. We have had so many blessings while we have served here. Don had the opportunity to guide over 7000 visitors, I've helped many more than that in the gift shop, and probably prepared communion for close to 17,000. That's a lot of grape juice. None of that seemed like a chore - but a privilege. And this was at a slow time of the year. We hope to be able to serve here again one day.
Thank you for following us on our blog and for your prayers especially during those few days when the air raid sirens were going off in Jerusalem; that seems so long ago.
I'll try and post some more pictures when we get home - maybe in the middle of the night when I can't sleep due to the jet lag!
Shalom!
Blessings and Hugs
Don and Glenda
