March 10, 2001

Fr. Louis and Marthame bring greetings to Zababdeh’s Muslim leadership.

The school is well, the car is well. We exchanged the usual greetings with our fellow teachers after the break ("May next year bring you grace" - "Praise God you're safe").

After Mass tonight, we went with Abuna Louis to visit the two sheikhs from the local mosque. We drank coffee and tea, talked about politics and religion. It's clear that a strong relationship of trust and mutual respect has been cultivated, as they discussed particular passage in the Qur'an and the Bible.

We then had a chance to share with Abuna Louis some of our conversation with Abuna Ra'ed in Jerusalem and are anxious to work together to explore some potential projects in the village.