Housan Village

Hey I've been helping out, creating a new blog recently. It's for a village called Housan just West of Bethlehem.

It looks like the village is gonna be surrounded by the Wall that Israel is building Around the West Bank. Anyway the aim of the blog is to give the villagers a voice.

A bunch of them have already started talking about telling the history of the village, and collecting old photos and stuff. I think it means alot to them to know that people in the outside world care about what's happening to them.

the link is on my blog there, or click on this link http://housanvillage.blogspot.com


I'll try to post properly in the next day or two, having a few internet problems out this way. Things continue to be pretty sever out here. My friend Phil went back to Gaza this week, electricity and water are only available a few hours everyday, and there is so much damage from the incursion that is continuing.

I went to church today in Bethlehem and I was really moved by the service. The people were praying really earnestly for an end to the crisis. Hearing Palestinians praying for Israeli's safety as well as there own was really powerful.