SWIC .
On the way home we stopped here at our partner Hanna's suggestion. This is the Shrine of Marbina Qadisha, not far (3 KM) from the city of Koya. A perfect
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Yesterday was a day of unrelieved fun and joy. First we spent the morning with the most adorable and loving children imaginable at the Ashti IDP camp (Internationally Displaced Persons).
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This is one of the participants from the Etuti Institute’s Fine Arts Workshop on Saturday. The children were asked to paint a memory from their childhood. She painted this picture
Good morning! Well, as my pic and post suggested last night, we are making treasured new friends and doing some great work: both the Etuti Institute project we funded for
Just had an awesome conversation with Father Faiz Jerjees. I love this man. He has one of the hardest jobs in all the church, pastoring the amazingly diverse congregation and
These are our wonderful new friends Father Schnuder and Onur, the forces behind the caravan building project. After filming the progress of the work they treated me and Quint to
I have a great deal to report to you all, but after a very long day and 6 hours in a bumpy car ride I’m just bushed. Please look for a
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I can’t sleep. I’m not even sure I’m “posting” this right. I wish I could say it was conscience, but it’s probably just jet lag. I fell in love today