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I made it to Bethlehem. Chris and I had to fly all night to Istanbul, Turkey and then here, but we made it.  Was I in for a shock.  When I arrived I got to meet one of my childhood heroes--Brother Andrew of God’s Smuggler.  He used to smuggle Bibles behind the iron curtain.  He always prayed, “You made blind eyes see make seeing eyes blind.” He meets with some of the most controversial figures in the West Bank--be it Hamas or Jihad.  He has been reaching out the past few years trying to show the love of Jesus to people most would write off.  As he was speaking to one of those leaders today who has suffered massive loss of family and other things, he spoke of forgiveness.  The man shot back, “You only forgive those who are worthy!” It gave an incredible opportunity for him to share with him about grace and what forgiveness is really all about. 

We’re sitting in Bishara Awad’s office with Don Anderson from Kensington, along with other leaders here trying to figure out how we can be a blessing and servant to the Palestinian people. 

I wound up hanging out a lot with the Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Supreme Islamic leader of Bosnia, and I like him a lot.  I’m going to do a whole blog on him when I can. One statement he said was, “Our worst fighting is reserved for our own, not those most opposite us.” It’s time for us to really “fight” for things that are right and no longer spend our time on petty non-eternal things.

Keep us in mind - many significant meetings tomorrow.