We had Sahar join us for dinner after our Sabbath meetings. She is a Palestinian Christian who lives in Bethlehem. She is a member of the church and joined while attending BYU about 12 years ago. This will be her last time to come to church because of the new security wall that has gone up around Bethlehem, which is part of the West Bank. The Christians in Bethlehem can get a 4 week permit to enter Jerusalem because of the Holiday. Sahar will need to wait another year now before she can return to the Jerusalem Branch, which meets here at the Jerusalem Center. She just completed her PHD in Statistics and in a few weeks she will be teaching at a University in Jeanine, which is in the West Bank. Sahar is a great pioneer woman here in Israel. I admire her courage and faith to carry on. Sahar gave the most beautiful prayer in sacrament meeting. She prayed for peace for the people here, that their hearts could be softened so they could live together in peace. She prayed for the light of Christ, that was once here, to return and be here again.
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