September 13, 2001

The last two days have been indescribable. We're both very sad and emotionally exhausted. We've tried to express our feelings by writing, which is hard but healing. In response, we've received around 500 emails in our inbox, most thanking us for our messages, sending best wishes, some encouraging us to come home.

Events in NYC shouldn’t make things difficult for these children.

On top of all of this, we are subbing for the teachers who cannot come from Jenin and other northern villages. We have fewer students, too, but the bulk of them come from Zababdeh, so we have combined some of the classes to ease the "burden." Everyone is pitching in and going above and beyond, but fear for the future is clearly on everyone's mind - as is, "What will America do now?"