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June 30, 2007
heart breaking
it's really unreal folks. un real.
we went to Bethany today, the home of Lazarus, Mary, and Martha. we visited a former member of parliament. he's now the publisher of a quarterly journal on various topics. he makes a point to be two-sided... representing both sides of the story in his journal. on the way back into bethlehem (we had to go through the Valley of Hell - wadi nar in arabic) and a checkpoint. we waited at least 15 minutes in the line, which is apparently quite quick. rick decided to walk. he looks the part of a young backpacker and was "befriended" by the israeli guard. i should let him tell you the story. i'll ask him tomorrow to write it out for me and i'll post it... remind me, eh?
anyway. my heart is heavy tonight. i wish i could upload a picture or two, but i don't want to use up too much time on my host's computer to upload a picture.
i have a friend in jordan who i was hoping to see. she is to be married on tuesday and invited me to her wedding right after the engagement. i haven't heard anything from her in two weeks, so i don't know how to get to her - i don't have a phone number and i'm not receiving any emails from her. :(
pray, if you will, for two things.
1. that our hearts could and would push through all of this and come out on the other side with a recommendation for our denomination.
2. that sakinah will get in touch and i can see her! i can't imagine being within 50 miles of her and not visiting. but then, that would be a dim reflection of what people here live through every day, i suppose, wouldn't it? hmmm.
love to you all, good night.
your host for this episode : carrie; June 30, 2007 04:19 PM
Comments
Yes, I would like to hear the story of the "befriending" with Rick--that can mean a lot of different things!!! Thanks for the update. And, Yes, we continue to prayer for the project to be able to open doors.
from the peanut gallery of : John Roeda ; June 30, 2007 04:50 PM