I woke up to a cold dry day, on time to post the YouTube link to Thursday's Morning Prayer on WhatsApp, just before BBC's Thought for the Day.
In the news, delays to the Gaza hostage exchange due to attention to detail - provision of lists of names of people to be exchanged, and a firm agreement about suspension of Israeli surveillance drone flights to enable hostages to be taken secretly to a site where the International Red Cross/Crescent will implement the exchange at the Rafah border crossing, acting in its traditional neutrality role. It seems they will be taken first into Egypt for initial medical checks and then flown to Tel-Aviv.
Hamas doesn't want anyone to see exactly where or how hostages arrive at the exchange location, as this information can later be used to target Hamas tunnel network access points. There's still a risk that satellite surveillance will deliver similar data with today's high resolution spy satellite cameras. If that's been discussed, it's not been disclosed!
Clare went to the School of Optometry after breakfast and I went to Tesco's for groceries for our Foodbank donation and took them to St John's in time for the Eucharist, celebrated by Fr Colin. After coffee I went back home to finish work on this week's Sway, and getting it checked by Iona, who's good at spotting any errors I miss. I cooked a dish of spicy butter beans and mushrooms with veggies for lunch in time for Clare's return. After we'd eaten, rather later than usual, I did this week's Sway link mailshot, then went for a walk until it got dark.
After supper more material arrived for the Ministry Area 'Countdown to Christmas' SWAY supplement, and as there wasn't much of interest to watch on telly so I dealt with that instead until it was time for the news. Not that anything much has changed during the day. The world waits with bated breath to see if the temporary ceasefire and hostage exchange starts as promised in eight hours time.
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