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visit was also planned that day to visit Jan Willem van der Hoeven and his wife Ellen. We had also brought a nice amount of money to Israel for them. We were very warmly welcomed. We had known each other for years and the relationship was good. We supported them 1 or 2 x a year with a contribution for organizing the Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem. After a lot of catching up we went back to our hotel. The Christ Church had become a familiar place for us where we loved to stay.
Apparently it had become known by now that we represented a congregation specially called to support Israel, and so it happened that one morning we were approached by the pastor of the church on the site and author of the book 'For the love of Zion'Kelvin Crombie, which was about the origin of the Christ Church, He invited us to have breakfast with him the next morning because he was very curious about our work in the Banier. We were very honored and thanked God for this opportunity. 'For the love of Zion' Kelvin Crombie, which was about the birth of Christ Church
And so the next morning we sat on the terrace with him having breakfast looking at the beautiful Christ Church. He was impressed by our story and gave us a copy of his book with an encouraging personal word for the Banier, our church. What a privilege to have met this man. For us, the day already started with a special blessing and more were to follow!
