We thought we had better write to you while we still remember what has happened. Went to work as usual this morning but they were not very busy, so Morag asked the boss where he got his sausages. As far as we know, you can't buy sausages in Nazareth from a normal super market. But the boss was eating breakfast one day and the ladies could smell the cold sausage. Morag asked exactly where the sausage place was located. Since they weren't busy, the boss suggested to one of the workmen that he drive the ladies up to where it was sold. When they got there they found a very nice market where the owner cured all of his own meat. They were allowed to sample all the food and then they bought cheese, sausage, etcetera. The driver suggested to the owner that the ladies deserved a discount so he gave them a substantial discount.
We were to visit the hospital chaplain for coffee this afternoon. When we got to his house, we had a cup of tea and then he took us to the home of one of the hospital workers who had had some problems after surgery. He took a box of food to this woman from Jordan, now living in Nazareth, who had married a man much older than she. He was in his seventies and she was only in her 30s. She had twins and then the man died, leaving her a widow with two small girls. When we got to the house, the woman had prepared food for us, which was very good. The girls are now twelve years old. There was a man helping there who was the son of the husband by a previous marriage. Turns out there were several children from previous marriage(s). It seemed odd to us that this man was older than his (step) mother. Another brother came in to talk for a while as did a sister-in-law also. Not sure if she was the wife of the brother who was there. Anyway it was a very interesting evening. The point of this is that the two men were looking after this young woman from Jordan. They seemed to be genuinely fond of her and their half sisters. She had just come out of the hospital and had prepared a beautiful spread for us. We are not sure that she knew we were coming. This was just another example of Arab hospitality.
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