Our May 16-29 pilgrimage days flew rapidly. We met people every day whose ability to remain hopeful amazed us, who brought us to sights and insights that expanded our worldview and our hearts.
While our group was not great at blogging, we were truly great of heart. Pilgrims of Ibillin’s Facebook page has photos and commentary from every day of the trip. If you’re a Facebook user, please “like” our page at https://www.facebook.com/pilgrimsofibillin/.
If you like what you’ve seen from this trip, please consider joining us this fall: http://www.livingstonespilgrimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Itinerary-Oct-2017.pdf.
Here’s a collection of photos from the last part of our tour:
Meeting with families of Palestinian Prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
George Sa’adeh and Rami Elhanan, from the Bereaved Families Circle
Sam tries the water from Jacob’s Well
Father Firas and Usama, our fearless leaders
Sebastian, ruins from Roman era
Liwan Cultural Cafe, Nazareth
Meeting with Elias Abu Ghanima and Emil Haloun at Mar Elias High School
Abuna Elias Chacour addresses 8th grade graduation
In the ruins of a house in Biram
Testing the waters at the Sea of Galilee (Primacy of Peter)
Boating on the Sea of Galilee
Special ice cream in Shefa’amr
Dinner at Samir’s Restaurant in Ramle