August 25, 2000

Zababdeh children dressed up for a wedding celebration.

Fr. Louis, Marthame, and a parishioner chat in the courtyard of the Latin Church.

We have managed to get a little settled, and are currently living downstairs in the parish house. Not very private, but certainly roomy and convenient.

Marthame assisted in a wedding tonight (good thing the non-missing bags contained a shirt with collar!). Father Louis has begun calling him "Deacon" to translate this oddity of this married American performing pastoral functions in a Roman Catholic church. Even though it was the night before the first day of school, many of the children stayed at the party well after we did.