Today we were supposed to celebrate Ramzan with Sham. However, Ramzan was canceled. Can you imagine Christmas being canceled? Or Easter? The holy man didn’t see the moon, so that means that all preparations were canceled and the food that was beginning to be cooked was put on hold….instead of having a feast, they had to fast another day. Crazy. Oh. And that means that a bunch of staff had to come to Visthar that weren’t planning on coming – they were planning on having a holiday and then surprise, no holiday please come make lunch for the Americans.
It’s too bad, though. The guys were going to go to mosque with Sham and his family and we girls were going to go to his home to observe prayer with the women. It would have been a neat experience to see more of Islam as it is practiced in Islam; I do really admire their devotion and dedication to their faith. When they fast during Ramzan, they don’t even have water. How much more disciplined than I in their faith! I can learn a lot from these servants of Allah.
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