A busy & blessed week |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 3:55 pm |
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This week has been very busy. We had many blessings:On Tuesday November 13 we had a thanksgiving Mass at the shrine. More than 100 people were there despite the cold weather.On Thursday November 15, we began planting the 1000 trees we collected. More than 200 people showed up to help. Most of them were students.On Friday November 16, we (Liz, Laura, Ebtisam & Karim) went to Jeita Grotto, Our Lady of Lebanon Harissa. We met the Patriarch. We went to Achkout to St. Sergius monastery. We also visited my sister's family.On Saturday November 17, we continued to plant trees. At the end of the day, we already planted 1100 trees on the mountain of the Cross. The plantation was very successful. Now, you can see the burned mountain planted with 5 feet long pine trees. Now, we are asking God to bring rain. We really need a storm.On Saturday night, November 17, I discovered a rocky plate under the courtyard of the shrine. I immediately asked the man with the excavation machine to dig in and [ Full article ] |
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