She and another of the village's faithful shared stories and memories, all colored by sweetness and sadness. That contradiction defines life here.
Read MoreIn short, anyone who wanted to leave or enter could, just as long as they didn't travel the main road. Being frustrated by such arbitrariness is par for the course.
Read MoreToday is the first day of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting.
Read MoreAfter school, as we hustled home under our umbrella, we passed a number of umbrella-less kids waiting under the school awning for the deluge to abate.
Read MoreThe car arrived to the outskirts of Nablus, where a soldier made the mother and four kids get out of the car and then riddled the car with bullets. Like many kids in this battered land, the ten-year-old brother is still suffering psychologically from the trauma.
Read MoreToday in particular, thanks was given for the oil of this year's harvest.
Read MoreElizabeth also worked with the first grade religion class on a penpal project.
Read MoreMarthame and one of our friends from the University went with Deacon Firas to visit the Christians of Jalame.
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