July 22, 2002

Sharing stories, pictures, and videos from Palestine. Fr. Thomas speaks about Orthodoxy.

After having lunch with Marthame's grandmother (92 years young now), we gave a presentation at the continuing care center where she lives, Lenbrook Square. It was quite an educated and interested group, who asked wonderful, open-ended questions: "Could you say something about Arafat?" "Could you say something about suicide bombings?" A few non-residents were in attendance as well, including a friend of Marthame's from summer geek camp a million years ago, and a teacher who will be working at the Arab-American University of Jenin this fall who wanted to learn more about the village.

It was interesting in that we gave the same presentation that we would give at a church, and were encouraged to do so, that no one would bat an eye at praying before starting or constant references to Jesus. We are in the South, aren't we?