Jan Arriens and Linda Murray Hale write about a City of Sanctuary event

The hand of friendship

Jan Arriens and Linda Murray Hale write about a City of Sanctuary event

by Jan Arriens and Linda Murray Hale 16th December 2016

Picture a small car park on top of a hill near Montgomery Castle in Powys. The trees are in glorious autumn colours, the sunlight filtering through. A woman from Morocco with two small children is waiting as the Quaker ‘reception committee’ arrives. The children hide shyly behind their mother.