Today we will start the morning with a bike ride to Yad Kennedy and then meet my sister Karen and brother-in-law Howie while they are on their tour in Jerusalem.
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Last night, we met with a Beit Halochem mission group (non-riders) that are touring Israel and went with them to the Beit Halochem facility in Jerusalem for dinner and a tour of this rehab centre. We renewed acquaintance with Erez, our enthusiastic riding leader and some of the disabled veterans that rode with us last week. Again, a very emotional and moving evening seeing where the veterans do their rehab programs from art classes, basketball, swimming, and even dance classes, and then hearing a few veterans tell of their experiences from being injured and disabled to being rehabilitated. Many of the people on this mission trip were from Canada and have been coming for years to support the Beit Halochem program. It was a privilege to be among them for the evening.
Work at the DVI clinic is going well. I have been seeing many children - Ethiopian, Arab and religious Jewish kids, all with the same problems....more cavities and holes in their teeth than you can imagine. I am now off until Sunday. The weather here continues to be on the very warm side so cycling has not been a good idea, but we continue to do a lot of walking.
