January 30, 2003

A detail from our summer “prayer-gram”.

Our Jenin students were able to arrive today. Thank God for small miracles. Meanwhile, the school has laminated and posted the "Prayer-Gram" initiated by Park Ridge Presbyterian Church and supplemented by other churches in our summer travels. Seems like an appropriate time for encouragement.

Singing and playing are a regular part of our ex-pat get-togethers.

In the evening, we gathered with the ex-pats from the University for one of our periodic barbecue get-togethers. It has become our tradition, thanks to one of our number, to bring guitars and to play for fun - not songs that anyone knows, but rather to improvise and to see what comes out. Sometimes it turns out quite interesting - other times, energizing, and other times, well, at least it's fun. Tonight was no exception. We recorded the "session" for posterity's sake on the digital camera. Maybe it can be the soundtrack for the eventual documentary...