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back from my 9th year at camp. last year as a camper. i really super want to be on staff next year, please pray that it works out.
so my dad just gave me permission to go back to the village on friday for the leadership conference!! im so excited! i love my friends so much im so happy i get to spend more time with them!
at the same time, i wish it weren't like this. i wish my plans to go to lebanon and syria didn't have to fall through. i wish there was peace in the middle east. i just don't know what to say. i've cried my tears, i've said my prayers, so now what do i do? just sit and wait? for what though? it's not like the war is going to end any time soon. or at all. it will never end. so i guess i'm waiting to see if anyone i know gets hurt or, God forbid, passes away. this year, there are 50% more tourists in Lebanon than last year. how crazy is that? if i didnt switch from fourth session to second session last year, i would've been in lebanon at the time when the bombings started. Thank the Lord for protecting my family. however, there are still so many other family members there. my khalto daad arrived at the beirut airport wednesday afternoon. thank God it wasnt any later though, because that night, they bombed that airport. she has her 4 and 6 year old kids with her. they're not exposed to war; this could end up being very traumatizing for them. Aunt vinice and maria were supposed to be on a flight yesterday to come back to the states. people are stranded there. and it's not like they can go to syria and use those airports to get out; they just bombed the newly built bridge that takes you across the border. the streets of damascus are overflowing with people fleeing lebanon. it's just crazy. and real. our television hasn't moved from the lebanese news station. my dad plays arabic internet news reports from the computer next to me all the time. i can't imagine being there. knowing that at any moment, a bomb could be dropped right next to you. please pray for the lebanese. i'm going to suppress the urge to rant about certain religious groups right now, but seriously, pray for the christians. they are innocent civilians trying to live peacefully among a world of people full of hatred. they did nothing to deserve this. pray, pray, pray for them. i love you guys
so my dad just gave me permission to go back to the village on friday for the leadership conference!! im so excited! i love my friends so much im so happy i get to spend more time with them!
at the same time, i wish it weren't like this. i wish my plans to go to lebanon and syria didn't have to fall through. i wish there was peace in the middle east. i just don't know what to say. i've cried my tears, i've said my prayers, so now what do i do? just sit and wait? for what though? it's not like the war is going to end any time soon. or at all. it will never end. so i guess i'm waiting to see if anyone i know gets hurt or, God forbid, passes away. this year, there are 50% more tourists in Lebanon than last year. how crazy is that? if i didnt switch from fourth session to second session last year, i would've been in lebanon at the time when the bombings started. Thank the Lord for protecting my family. however, there are still so many other family members there. my khalto daad arrived at the beirut airport wednesday afternoon. thank God it wasnt any later though, because that night, they bombed that airport. she has her 4 and 6 year old kids with her. they're not exposed to war; this could end up being very traumatizing for them. Aunt vinice and maria were supposed to be on a flight yesterday to come back to the states. people are stranded there. and it's not like they can go to syria and use those airports to get out; they just bombed the newly built bridge that takes you across the border. the streets of damascus are overflowing with people fleeing lebanon. it's just crazy. and real. our television hasn't moved from the lebanese news station. my dad plays arabic internet news reports from the computer next to me all the time. i can't imagine being there. knowing that at any moment, a bomb could be dropped right next to you. please pray for the lebanese. i'm going to suppress the urge to rant about certain religious groups right now, but seriously, pray for the christians. they are innocent civilians trying to live peacefully among a world of people full of hatred. they did nothing to deserve this. pray, pray, pray for them. i love you guys