July 15, 2003

Fr. Iyad and his American visitors.

Marthame wandered into Birzeit tonight to take care of some errands. On the way, he stopped by the Latin Convent. Fr. Iyad was there with his summertime volunteers from the States, members of National Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC. Over the past few years, relations between the two parishes have been strengthened through a number of projects, summer camp volunteering being one of them. Two of the Americans are folks we have gotten to know, staying with them during our time in DC last summer, so Marthame got to reconnect with them.

Today is also Fr. Iyad's 30th (!) birthday, so Marthame was invited to crash the party and share in the cake.