Friday, 21 March 2008

Good Friday

Today was Good Friday and we had a chance to be a part of a peace and reconciliation walk with churches in North Belfast. It was a pretty special time, and as we walked, it hit me just how radical and pretty incredible a thing it was that Catholics and Protestants walk up and down the Shankill and Falls and through the peace walls together. It really is an incredible testimony to the reconciliation that we can see if we focus not on earthly issues, but on God.

A pretty special experience for our team in particular was that this walk is the only time in the whole year that the peace wall gate right beside our house is opened up. So we finally got to walk through it after living beside it for a year! (Although, the whole thing was nearly hampered by Erin, who parked her car in front of the gates and the guys opening it had to come and find her on the march to get her to move it so they could open the gates before we got there! These are the moments I will think back on and laugh to myself in years to come).

Amalia leading the march holding the cross that went in front:


The march goes through the gate beside the houses:

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Thats hysterical, about Erins car...I laughed my socks off!! Those things always happen to her... I will pray for you and your responsibilities, your journeys and ministries in the next weeks...I'll pray for both the teams! I hope I'll get a chance to catch up with you when you're back, perhaps when I visit Belfast in June? Take care! Margreet