Disabilities
God’s love in vast supply at Holy Land Institute for the Deaf
January 6, 2020- Posted in Disabilities, Education, Jordan, Pilgrim Stories, Pilgrimage
by Randy Heyn-LambPasadena, California Doni and Randy Heyn-Lamb have made a half dozen trips to the eastern Mediterranean over the past 20 years and returned in November and December, 2019, to visit friends and note the changes since their last visit. With introductions from AFEDJ...
Loving and Serving with Open Arms
December 12, 2018- Posted in Disabilities, Education, Gaza, Healthcare, People, Pilgrim Stories, Pilgrimage, West Bank
by Elizabeth Keesee Henry In October, during an AFEDJ Board visit to a number of the Diocese of Jerusalem institutions, I was moved to see that a common thread among them was the living out of our baptismal vow “to seek and serve Christ in...
The Story is Still Being Written
October 31, 2018- Posted in Disabilities, Jordan, People, Pilgrim Stories, Pilgrimage
by Barbara Boehm I stood at the top of the tall stairs, off to one side, looking down as the students climbed from the playground and garden up to the dining room. In the press of the crowd, one boy had to work very hard—he...
This Beautiful Work Transforms Lives
October 29, 2018- Posted in Disabilities, Jerusalem, Jordan, People, Pilgrim Stories, Pilgrimage
by Lisa Sams As a relatively new member of the AFEDJ Board, the October Board trip to Jordan, Palestine, and Israel was the first time I had seen many of the schools, hospitals and centers for the disabled run by the Episcopal Church in the...