We worshiped this morning at the Latin Church of Visitation with Fr. Aktham.
Read MoreThose kids that don't have ice cream almost always have a fist full of green hummos, the fresh chick peas which are now in season.
Read MoreThis morning Elizabeth's eighth graders led the morning assembly in English, something the older classes do once or twice a semester.
Read MoreElizabeth's seventh graders received care packages today from their pen pals in Maryland. They opened them with the glee of small children opening Christmas presents, finding goodies like family photos and lip gloss.
Read MoreThe young man from Nablus, when he goes back home, has a minimum six-hour commute facing him due to road closures and checkpoints. And that's for about forty-five miles of travel. We joked that he could work as a nurse in the States and have a shorter commute back home!
Read MoreCrossing the checkpoint was a breeze. It was the wait for the ride that took so long - an hour standing by the side of the road in an abandoned concrete bus stop. There were plenty of cars, but no one wanted to pick him up.
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Today was an historic day in Zababdeh. For the first time in twenty-three years, the Melkite Church rang its bell on Sunday morning to gather the faithful for worship.
Read MoreWork continues apace on the Melkite Convent. Today, Fr. Firas has hired a bulldozer to come and clear away the growth that has smothered the land over the past twenty years of neglect, as well as to even out the land around the church so that he can make it a more welcoming place. Today, he estimated that eighty trailers of rocks, garbage, dirt, etc. were hauled away.
Read MoreHe's headed towards Rafah in the Gaza strip, where now two ISM volunteers have been killed.
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