I think they are more curious than hungry. Years ago, Karl, you and I and many of our closest friends spent several Christmas seasons organizing demonstrations that begged people to stop killing Central Americans at Christmas time. We were jailed a few times for trying to show how Herod's slaughter of the innocents was re-enacted in brutal, unjust punishment of Nicaraguan, Salvadoran, Guatemalan and Honduran children. This fall, after returning, I know my thoughts will often be with Nadra and her neighbors, remembering their simple goodness and dignity amidst a cruel, unfair economic warfare that directly discriminates against them. So much activity in our society glorifies consumption and waste.
People are vulnerable to shopping rituals and TV inspired greed.
In Jumurriyah, people know how to use all of their resources without wasting anything. Perhaps because they have so little, they prize their children as their most precious resource. The name Nadra means rare and exceptional. The values we're learning from Nadra and her neighbours are truly nadra. I hope we can all return carrying Nadra's words and example into our own lives.