Blogging the Sabbath in Cyprus -- Jordan Crew

We just ended a lovely Sabbath here in Cyprus taking a much needed rest from the(mis)adventures of the past few days :-) Friday night we had steak from the local village butcher and sautéed fresh peppers, zucchini and mushrooms. Sabbath morning started off on a pretty lazy note. We woke up at different times (from the very early...to the very late) and had breakfast separately as the early birds stealthily tiptoed in and out of the kitchen trying not to rouse the late birds among us. Later on in the morning we put our feet in the pool, relaxed and talked. We had our service and then changed from our Sabbath best into lazy home gear and had exciting fellowship about everything from the gap theory to the resurrections. On a domestic note there is water rationing in Cyprus, so our water has been turned off for the entire day! Good thing there are showers and toilets in the basement under the pool that have water otherwise we would all be pretty miserable (and stinky) by now. We have also been adopted by our sweet next door neighbor who is officially playing “holiday mum”. She brought over some delicious deserts and her husband went to the bottle store to buy us a few drinks. Tomorrow is our “beach” day and we will be heading out nice and early for what promises to be an exciting event!! We ordered some Cypriot Pizza for dinner and we were not disappointed. We are having a super vacation and can’t wait to leave the house tomorrow after being cooped for the day.