For some unknown reason, I’m sleeping absolutely terribly. I won’t blame the mattress – it’s only doing its job – and I have no idea what could be the problem. I woke up this morning difficultly and in pain.
That being said, I’m ready for more action! We headed out as a team to London’s Central Synagogue this morning for Shabbat services. It’s a beautiful place, rebuilt in the late 1950s after it was destroyed by (of all things) a German bomb during the Blitz in May of 1941. After the service we descended to the basement to say kiddush and had food with the folks, who were outstandingly warm and welcoming, especially when we described the important nature of our malaria awareness work. When we’d had our fill of fruit and cakes, we returned upstairs to discuss things with Rabbi Marcus. He was very funny and helpful, explaining some of the elements of the service that the Gentiles among us didn’t understand (me included). These site visits are geared towards expanding our “religious literacy” to enable us to better do our work over the coming months.
We returned to WallaceSpace for our afternoon workshops. It was a long five hours of pretty intense discussion. We were playing around with the topic “Who is a Faiths Act Fellow?” and trying to get everyone’s sense of the necessary skillsets and responsibilities of our crew of thirty. I think it was an eye-opening and important experience for us – we’re getting down to brass tacks about what it means to call ourselves Faiths Act Fellows.
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