1.0Serve Globally Bloghttps://blogs.covchurch.org/servegloballyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BNiVfEg9EJ"><a href="https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/03/27/coming-home-from-palestine/">Coming Home from Palestine</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/2019/03/27/coming-home-from-palestine/embed/#?secret=BNiVfEg9EJ" width="600" height="338" title="“Coming Home from Palestine” — Serve Globally Blog" data-secret="BNiVfEg9EJ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> By Cat Knarr, Manager of Covenant Kids Congo   When I came back from my first trip to my grandfather’s homeland in Palestine, my soul ached. Within the span of two weeks, I experienced so much beauty and so much sorrow. I got to meet my amazing, beautiful, resilient family in Palestine. They warmly welcomed me as one of their own, despite the fact that I was a stranger who had never met them before and did not speak their language. They hosted me at the dinner table for iftar, after long days of fasting during Ramadan. They broke bread with me. They gave me a place to sleep in their houses. They shared sacred stories that they were under no obligation to entrust me with. They blessed me with their love and said, “Welcome home.” And yet, I also came to know the painful challenges that my family and other Palestinians have endured living under Israeli occupation in the West Bank. I learned how my grandfather died from diabetic complications after he couldn’t get to the hospital during a curfew. I was the first U.S.-born descendant to visit his grave. I met Palestinians in South Hebron Hills who lived under […]http://blogs.covchurch.org/serveglobally/wp-content/uploads/sites/39/2019/03/how-long-lord_-300x300.png