A new year lay ahead of me, how would my life continue?
I
sat, a little dazed, looking at the official divorce letter in my hands. He had just fallen on the mat. It was real, our divorce was a fact. I felt neither joy nor sadness. A marriage of almost 40 years had now really come to an end. I didn't want to dwell on it too long, because I had already done enough of that in previous years. No, head up and shoulders straight. Now there was work to be done.John had let me know in a letter that he had ended up in a good Christian shelter and there he had found his way back to God. Was freed from alcohol, drugs and also from smoking. He read his Bible a lot again and that gave me a grateful and comforting feeling. He also asked me for the sake of the children if we could carefully build a new friendship, but that's all, he wrote emphatically. It seemed too early to think about these things. I went back to our own house more often to keep track of everything, because it was still for sale. It was a bad time for the housing market. I was still working in the laundromat and luckily I was able to work overtime more often.
At the beginning of the year, everyone was asked to hand in their holiday schedule. Many colleagues had divided their 5 weeks well over 3 holiday periods. I only had one desire: to go back to Israel. I saw another call for volunteers in the magazine of Tom Hess, leader of a worldwide prayer ministry. I once attended one of his conferences with Fia, which we were greatly blessed by. And now I got the chance to go there as a volunteer. It was to be held a week before the Feast of Tabernacles, which gave me time to save some money. Unfortunately I did not receive free room and board, you had to bring an amount of 650.00 euros. That was a bit different in Carmel.
It could have been paid for a large part of my holiday allowance, but then I wouldn't have a plane ticket yet. But the Lord again provided in a special way. My dear friend Martha had deposited money into my account again. for a ticket to Israel.I was able to sign up as a volunteer and had no idea what would come of it!
