This week, our delegation* worshipped at the Christmas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bethlehem, Palestine. After two years, Christmas is once again being celebrated in the place where Jesus was born. But as the Christmas trees are trimmed, Christmas markets are held, and music fills the air, the people know that bombs continue to drop on Gaza, neighbors are being killed, and the occupation continues. Call it coping, seeking normalcy, or simply survival, we can only hope that somehow, someway, Palestine will be free and the world moves towards more peace, more hope, more joy, and more love this season. #christmas #bethlehem #palestine #pcusa *This delegation is organized by sabeelelquds with support by fosnalive