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The Old City is open again today but the guys here tell me of riot police in full gear rushing down the street during the Way of Cross, frightening people - "the lights of which we never saw since the 2nd Intifada". There certainly is tension.

Summer time is certainly hitting us hard - soaring temperatures of 37 degrees. Our superior has raised the tent to cover the courtyard to cut the glare and heat.

Yesterday I saw a lovely doberman playing in the park, with its puppy. Wish we could keep one. But we don't have a garden large enough.

The recent natural disasters have been the topic of discussion around our place - the floods in America and Europe, weekly earthquakes ... and the inevitable question: What is God trying to tell us?