THE EMBRACE BLOG
My Palestinian Olive Harvest Experience: “Come, see … and tell!”
A trip to the Holy Land can be a life-changing experience - as Greville Mills discovered when he went on the Embrace Olive Harvest Trip last year.
My olive harvest experience: A trip of joy and sadness
Rev’d David Coaker, of the United Reformed Church, recently took part in the Embrace olive picking trip, travelling to the West Bank to help Palestinian famers with their olive harvest. Here he reflects on his experience.
The olive tree: a symbol of peaceful resistance
For the first time since the pandemic began nearly two years ago, Embrace was able to bring a group of volunteers to the Holy Land to assist with the planting of olive trees in Palestine. Here, our very own Rowena reflects on what it was like to return after such a long absence.