The young adults from the West Bank were able to join only because they had permits to enter Israel over the Christmas season, which, for them meant a once-a-year opportunity to take part in this fellowship.
The weekend was a great fun time for all the young people as they joined in volunteer work, cleaning around the ancient Church on the site of the home of Hannah- the mother of Mary at the depopulated village of Saffuriya. There was singing, dancing, Bible study at Stella Maris on Mt. Carmel, exploring the Baha’i Gardens on the slopes of Mt. Carmel.
As the young people sat overlooking Haifa Bay and the Mediterranean Sea, they discussed their lives in the different places they came from – Ramallah – Bethlehem- East Jerusalem.
