November 14, 2000 — Mudeif Productions

A return to "normal" life of teaching, despite one international incident emanating from Zababdeh. The Patriarchate has an essay contest for English students to write about the current situation. We were encouraged to submit extraordinary ones early to the head of the Patriarchate's English program so that they might be published in the States. One of our students had a beautiful piece published by the Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Fund web site, which raised some hackles - enough so that the school was visited by officials concerned that such a voice was coming out of Zababdeh.

On a lighter note, Elizabeth got a haircut and we introduced some new recruits to the German board game Siedler (somehow inappropriately involving the building of settlements and the seizing of natural resources).