Taybeh is the biblical Ephraim DAY 6

Taybeh in the West Bank is mentioned in the Old Testament as Ofra, and in the New Testament as Ephraim. It is famous for its olive trees, in addition to figs, grapes, almonds and Taybeh Beer.

9.24am We arrived at The Latin church of Christ the Redeemer where we attended the service and had communion Jesus and his disciples being welcomed by the inhabitants of Ephraim
This open window really struck me. It is the first time I have seen an open window in a church and seeing the Dove made me think 'The dove of peace entering in'. It also reminded me of the someone once saying that 'if churches opened their windows the Holy Spirit would come in and blow all their paper around, so the windows would get closed and everything tidied up.' OK I know what I mean even if you don't.

Andrew outside the Beer Factory at 11.16 ready to sample their product, in fact we all did

Taybeh Beer entered the market in 1995 and I think I'm right in saying it is the only Palestine Beer. I am not a beer drinker although I did sample it, but our beer lovers found it to be a nice high quality beer. It is exported to various countries, but at the moment the only place it is available in the UK is in Covent Gardens, so if you are reading this and sell beer then look up their website.

11.37 and inside the beer factory with Clive concentrating on his new toy, his video camera, well whatever the latest technology thing is called. I can't keep up with it all.

Think these were some of the Olive trees view of Taybeh at 12.40

We also visited the Peace Lamp Factory, shame I forgot to take a photo but will take one of the Peace Lamp that was bought for our church.

13.11 just about to walk down for lunch at Beit Efram Guest House, the coach couldn't make the narrow road