Since many of our activities have come to a halt for the month of Ramadan, we decided to try and put on a few "Iftar" meals. (breaking the fast) The problem in Berlin is that the sun doesn't set until after 9PM so the poor people that are fasting, are about to fall over by then! Until June 21st, the days get a minute longer every day. By next Friday, the eating time will be 9:27. For our first Iftar, we had an Iraqi refugee woman come at 3PM to start cooking. She dived right in and worked unbelievably hard for 6 straight hours. (and she was fasting!) As many of you know, I have a knee injury that is requiring I walk on crutches. I way overdid it on Friday helping this woman and was in excruciating pain by the end of he night. In spite of that, it turned out to be an amazing night and a great success. The last people left around midnight and we were as beat as one can be. It was worth the extra work to see how happy the people were. And the food was delicious! We will have an Iftar meal for the 4 Fridays during Ramadan.
