I am Maria McMahon, currently an agnation volunteer with a non-profit that helps women with low incomes. I am so grateful for having been able to go on this trip. It has been a wonderful experience. The incredibly breathtaking and ...

 My name is Michael Talbert. I am an Elder at Burke Presbyterian Church in Burke, Virginia. I spent, in my working career; a lot of time oversees mostly involved with various international development projects. I was quite excited about the ...

 My name is Miriam Achenbach. I am a librarian at Georgetown University, and was previously a public librarian for almost twenty years. The first thing came to mind when you asked about our thoughts on the trip were that it ...

I am Marilyn Jersild from Norfolk Virginia. I first of all want to say to the RumiForum people: thank you again for all of this! It was wonderful meeting to all staff and all the people on this trip as ...

I am Paul Jersid, a retired Professor of Ethics at The Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia South Carolina. I live in Norfolk. I will certainly echo everything my wife has said. One point that I might just raise is; ...

My name is William Collinge and I teach Theology and some Philosophy from time to time at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Maryland. I was trying to say it is tough to be the eighth inline, I guess I am ...

I am Trudy Conway. I am a Professor of Philosophy at Mount Saint Mary’s University which is in Maryland. I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to travel extensively in the Middle East. I was a professor with my husband at Shiraz ...

…Jane Tilly and I work on the health research on public programs that serve mostly poor people in the US, so I was really interested in (the trip), as one of the highlights being visits to the hospitals to talk ...

My name is Tom Ryan, and I am a Catholic priest. In Christian faith understanding the whole notion of grace is very close to the experience of gift. This has been a very palpable experience of gift in all kinds ...

…I don’t think I can offer much more than for all the other people have said because as I have fallen asleep at night; pardon! Josh Mithchell, Government Department, Georgetown University (laughs). As I have fallen asleep for midnight nap, ...