Women in both communities are tied down with family responsibilities. Despite these obstacles the most recent conference in October 1996 drew 60 women. An Israeli woman approached Rana after her talk. The woman broke down in tears, saying how afraid she had been in the past week, but now God had used the words of a Palestinian sister to show her that she doesn't have to be afraid. In small groups divided equally between Palestinians and Israelis, each woman was asked to speak about her identity as a woman and the importance of her faith.
Women can really come together.
They want to share. Planting Seeds Now Rana and Lisa are excited with the results of the conferences. She sat and talked about it with a woman from the Bethlehem Bible College. She told me, 'I've waited long enough, but no one else is doing this. Now once a month Palestinian and Jewish women gather at the Bible College to pray.