Malta Trip - Day 5 and Day 6

Tuesday was dedicated to stuffing envelopes with literature to distribute. Basically it was a letter written in Maltese and English encouraging the recipient to read their Bible, a copy of John's gospel, and a tract on how to become a Christian. I had mentioned the building that was used by the Brethren, and it was there that we worked. Floriana, I am guessing, is just about a mile from our hotel, so we walked.


After finishing, we boarded the bus, taking it to Rabat and Mdina.

Everytime we took the bus it seemed, we passed the Portes de Bombes, city gates at the south entrance of Floriana...I tried several times from the bus to get a picture, before finally getting this one!

This aquaduct was built in the 1600's to transport water from Mdina to Valletta.


At Rabat we visited St. Paul's Cathedral,

The red drapes are installed when a festival is being celebrated.


One of the former priests was buried here in 1745.

which is built on top of a Grotto used by Paul when he stayed in Malta.

leading to catacombs

We then visited Ta Qal village, where we did some shopping,
then on to Mdina. This is Mdina from the village

One almost has to be from a long time Maltese family in order to live here as well as being very wealthy.



Cathedral of St. Paul has two clocks, different times. Legend is that one is the incorrect time to fool the devil so he doesn't know when they meet!

It is surrounded by a very wide moat, now filled with citrus trees,

and a very thick wall.
Wednesday, day 6, we returned to Mqabba to distribute the literature. We divided into pairs again and divided the town up to cover the it. We again talked to some folks, touched base with those we had met earlier in the week and I could truly see the Lord guiding and directing us.