They are needed. The Sisters maintain a chapel commemorating this encounter, but beyond this, they manage a hostelry for pilgrims, a school for neighborhood kids, direct a children's choir, serve meals for street people, teach classes for Christian faith, and nurse the wounds and illnesses of their neighbors. No, Sister, it sure doesn't. I phoned him the other day to ask how things were going. Come on over, I've got a job for you.
Hope shines dim, but hope still shines.
Terrorist threats against U.S. citizens and facilities have prompted the State Department to warn against traveling to Israel, shuttered two embassies and chilled the outlook for business and holiday travel. Travel agents say bookings to the Middle East have collapsed since violence between Palestinians and Israelis erupted and the destroyer USS Cole was bombed while in Yemen. Many travelers are cancelling scheduled trips, while others say they are still planning to proceed, but with misgivings. Seminars International, which takes special interest groups to the Middle East, postponed tours for two church groups scheduled to be in the region now. We felt uncomfortable about them going, and they felt uncomfortable.