Another one of our holidays in the summer of 2003 was Deaf Greenbelt, which is part of the larger Greenbelt Christian Festival. The festival itself was very diverse with Christian worship in many different cultural forms such as rock music, classical, folk and hippy!. The whole festival was held over the late August bank holiday at Cheltenham race course. The weather was beautiful.

There were workshops and seminars on the use of BSL in the Christian faith and Penny Bechizza presented some entertaining stories from the Bible. In addition to the specific Deaf related events there were also other seminars on topics such as genetic engineering and third world debt.

We enjoyed the interpreting facilities that were provided by Signs of God and enjoyed their hospitality. In addition, we were able to give thanks for Ian Stillman's release from prison in India and continue to pray that he may be able to clear his name so that he can return to his charitable work amongst the Deaf community in India.

Left hand side Photo - from left: Melissa Peters (H), Anna Lickley (D), Trudy Field (H), Mary Tibbet-Markavitch (H), Alasdair Grant (D) and Ian Stillman (D).

Right hand side Photo - The Greenbelt campsite.