The Our Lady Dispensary took our group of elderly women living in the area for a special trip to the mountains. All the women are from the Syrian Orthodox or the Assyrian Church. We took them to a monastery called "Mar Charbel" or "Saint Charbel". Saint Charbel was a monk from the mountains of Lebanon who lived a holy life and performed many miracles. As we walked around the monastery, many women were calling out to God and Saint Charbel to heal and protect Lebanon. In the bus, as the women prayed, one women turned to me and said, "There is no country like Lebanon. It is the most beautiful place in the world but, these people don't know. They don't understand."
