After reading Light Force and "meeting" people in the pages like Bishara Awad, it seems almost surreal to meet him in person, not to mention realizing that much of the book took place on the street directly outside of the front door of Bethlehem Bible College. In a similar sense, it was humbling to have him walking past as we were working on various projects and thanking us for our work. HE was thanking us? But he's the famous one! I'm guessing he doesn't see himself that way.
Our taskmaster for the day was a charming man named Jihaad. He had some of us cleaning up the flower gardens, others putting up a fence, some cleaning windows on the roof, and most of the rest of us on painting projects - a large outdoor gate, a classroom door, railings up to the admin building, and the walls in the main entry way. A couple of us also worked in the library. I was impressed with how he could oversee so many projects in so many different areas of the school grounds - and still get off work at 3:00 leaving us with a feeling of accomplishment.
We've had some opportunities to mingle with the staff and students over lunch together. Cassidy and Amy have been learning some Arabic words from the BBC students. Isaac learned about the difficulties another student has trying to get home - how her 30 minute commute now takes 3-4 hours. Koob talked to a student who wants to be a missionary but is frustrated because he can't leave Bethlehem. Please pray for us, that we will be led to speak just the right words of encouragement to our brothers and sisters here!
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