March 5, 2003

Marthame spent the afternoon working on preparations for the World Council of Churches' team who will be coming here in a week and a half. They have an apartment, and now they have furniture. All that remains is the telephone line.

Praying for Peace.

We spent the evening with the rest of Zababdeh in a special day of prayer, as the Pope had requested (it's Western Lent as of today), for peace. It was made all the more poignant by the rampant destruction in Gaza this past week and the suicide bombing in Haifa that took place a few hours before the service. Come, quickly, O Prince of Peace.