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Month: December 2008

Israel’s War

December 31, 2008 scott and becky 4 Comments

For the last two days in Aleppo, and now in Amman, Jordan, we have been watching the news and talking…

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Posted in: Journal

Welcome to Jordan

December 30, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

Yesterday, we spent most of the day on the bus from Aleppo to Amman. The trip took over 10 hours.…

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Posted in: Jordan, Journal, Visited Places

Making Plans

December 27, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

10 km, delivering the bikes to Fadi’s workshop. We have decided to leave the bikes and a bunch of our…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Church of Saint Simeon

December 26, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

When we first arrived in Aleppo, Fadi had offered to take us out to see Saint Simeon, a church about…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Christmas in Syria

December 25, 2008 scott Leave a comment

I attended midnight mass on Christmas Eve with Fadi, Ghina and family at the Greek Orthodox church. It was both…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

The Citadel and Christmas Eve celebrations

December 24, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

We awoke bright and early (OK, Scott woke Becky up at 9 am), to sun shine – although the sky…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Culturally Christian

December 23, 2008 becky 2 Comments

Last spring, we took a course on world religions. In that course, we were introduced to the idea that as…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Touring cyclists everywhere

December 22, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

We awoke to a rainy morning. For the first time in days, I finally had energy and wanted to see…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Dinner and a concert

December 21, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

On Sunday we were invited over to the home of Fadi and Ghina for lunch. We had a great meal…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

Health care in Syria

December 20, 2008 scott and becky Leave a comment

After a fitful night, Becky’s cough was not getting any better. We decided to ask for Fadi’s [1] assistance with…

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Posted in: Journal, Syria, Visited Places

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