During the last two weekends, I helped SAMA –
St. Andrew’s Medical Assistance –
in their annual sale of goods from the Holy Land. SAMA supports several medical
programs in the Holy Land, including the
Ahli Arab Hospital (the only Christian hospital in Gaza) and the
Four Homes of Mercy (based in Jerusalem).
Many of the crafts we were selling were created by Palestinian Christians.
On my two trips to Israel (in 1979 and in 2006), I purchased many crafts
like those we were selling. In fact, our olive wood nativity set at home is now richer
by three angels and two camels from the SAMA sale. Here are some photos:
SAMA Tile
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Ahli Arab Hospital
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Bishop Riah Abu-Assal
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Holy Land goods for sale
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Jerusalem tile
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SAMA Donation Certificate
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Palestinian cloth crafts
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Palestinian puppets
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Palestinian puppets
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Palestinian cloth crafts
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Olive nativity set
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Olive nativity set
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Silver and Gold crosses
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Liz at the sales table
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Holy Land goods for sale
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Olive wood carvings
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