Chapter one of the long, tedious car saga is drawing to a close.

The irony of Marthame's family traveling hither and yon is that they have far more freedom than people here do in their own homeland.

The procession then headed to the village's Christian cemetery, where the cross was set for the night. Elizabeth noted the large number of people who gathered at family gravesides and weeped and mourned demonstratively over the departed.

After Elizabeth's adult English classes, we left with Marthame’s family for a few days in the Galilee district.