Well I've safely relocated from St George's to the Bethlehem bible college, from the place of Jesus' passion and resurrection to the place of his birth, from an Anglican foundation to one that is largely free church, from a room called 'The Baptism of Christ' to one called 'Smugglers Inn' (named after Brother Andrew, God's Smuggler who often sleeps in this room when he is in Bethlehem) from a bedroom window view of a Gothic cathedral to one of a refugee camp.

I was very sad to leave St George's which has been a lovely home these last two weeks and especially to bid farewell to a group of friends who only a fortnight ago had been strangers and most of whom I guess I am unlikely to meet again.

The bus journey was relatively short and uneventful. I wasn't entirely sure where to get off but when ever other passenger exited, I figured that this was the right stop and a friendly taxi driver pointed me in the right direction.

Much of the time since has been spent in the company of John and Janet Angle of Axbridge who are just such warm Christian people. They have been associated with the college for many years and have been a great support to it. Janet showed me round the new building which is mighty impressive and a fantastic facility

(massive art installation in new building)

 and then they invited me to join them at lunch at the house of some friends of theirs, Atallah and Hilda, Palestinian Christians, who are working hard to build a Christian community centre in their home village near Nablus in the north of the Palestinian territories.  It is nearly finished and will contain a kindergarten, community hall, picnic area with kids play park and a guest house for volunteers. They simply want to give something back to their home town and to bring people together. Their hospitality was, of course, generous and the meal sumptuous.

On the way back to the college, we stopped off at a supermarket, the first I've seen here (though there must be plenty in west Jerusalem). Food here is generally quite a bit more expensive than at home, particularly brand goods. It will be a bit of a shock to have to cater for myself after the full board cuisine of St George's. I'm not sure my cooking will be up to the standard of Joseph!