Day Twenty Five

Tuesday 12th October

We spend the morning sleeping in to recover from the very long and tiring journey to and from Damascus the previous day.
After lunch my roommate Hugh and i put some Viva Palestina stickers on some of the vehicles that need stickering to make them look more presentable.
Still no further news on when we might be moving so we persevere very patiently and hope for the best in the next few days, although patience is starting to run out amongst people as very little information is being given out to volunteers. There is a general feeling that the leadership are a little too authoritarian and maybe a little too dictatorial in their communications with volunteers. At times i would have to agree, as information is kept very close to the very top of leadership ( not including GG ) and not shared with even some of the more experienced and senior members of the convoy. This is beginning to create a lot of suspicion and mistrust. Questions are not fully answered and any answers are kept deliberately short and vague. Many feel that they may not want to be part of any more VP convoys as it is getting almost to the point of disrespectful to volunteers who have invested not just money, time and effort, but blood, sweat and tears for the project. There is a general feeling that the leadership is a very closed shop not penetrable by anyone outside that circle.