A people without hope perish.
A program called HOPE – Holy Land Outreach to Palestinian Educators – brought Christians teachers together. They teach in Catholic schools, in Cincinnati and in the Holy Land. What they have in common is that they teach children – and they teach with hope.
During the visit of our friends from the West Bank, Israel and Jordan, we prayed in many places and at many times.
We prayed on a Sunday with the people of St. Andrew parish, Milford …
We prayed on a school day with the children of St. Lawrence school, Price Hill …
We prayed with the Sisters of Charity at their motherhouse, Delhi …
Having heard the personal stories of our Jordanian and Palestinian friends, and having shared in their struggles and sufferings as teachers, parents, citizens and believers living as a minority in their lands, we celebrated a last Mass together before they left toward home. Be in awe – and be filled with hope – as you read what was proclaimed at that Mass from St. Paul’s Letter to the Philippians, noting that the reading was not specifically chosen for the occasion but “just happened” to be the reading permanently assigned to that day in the Church’s established calendar of readings:
“Brothers and sisters: I know how to live in humble circumstances; I know also how to live with abundance. In every circumstance and in all things I have learned the secret of being well fed and of going hungry, of living in abundance and of being in need. I can do all things in him who strengthens me. Still, it was kind of you to share in my distress. My God will fully supply whatever you need, in accord with his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. To our God and Father, glory forever and ever. Amen.”
With Open Doors 
father rob : thank you you always remember us in you prayer and your wordes, pleas say hi to every body we miss them all and to cincinnati city ( my love iam coming back )
I will pass your greeting on to Nancy and all your other friends.