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A good friends brother died
12/11/08
For the next couple of weeks I may be stretched a little thin. My friend at the corner store has to make an emergency trip to Jerusalem because his brother died. Omar is almost like a brother to me. He and his family accepted me like I was one of their family. He got word this morning that his brother died. According to their custom they bury the dead within 24 hours, but he called and put a hold on it because it will take at least 12 hours to fly there. His mother is still over there and he is very worried.
I will be helping out at the store while he is gone so will be a little pressed for time. I usually take care of little things like going to the bank, helping put up groceries or minor maintenance work. He and I hit it off at once even though he is Muslim and I am Christian. Through extensive talking we both discovered there is not that much difference in our beliefs. As he sais, too bad the rest of the world can't discover that. Anyway, he asked me to help his second in command and the older lady that works for him as much as possible so I said I would. He is a fine gentleman with a heart of gold and I am very saddened by his loss.
Rett
For the next couple of weeks I may be stretched a little thin. My friend at the corner store has to make an emergency trip to Jerusalem because his brother died. Omar is almost like a brother to me. He and his family accepted me like I was one of their family. He got word this morning that his brother died. According to their custom they bury the dead within 24 hours, but he called and put a hold on it because it will take at least 12 hours to fly there. His mother is still over there and he is very worried.
I will be helping out at the store while he is gone so will be a little pressed for time. I usually take care of little things like going to the bank, helping put up groceries or minor maintenance work. He and I hit it off at once even though he is Muslim and I am Christian. Through extensive talking we both discovered there is not that much difference in our beliefs. As he sais, too bad the rest of the world can't discover that. Anyway, he asked me to help his second in command and the older lady that works for him as much as possible so I said I would. He is a fine gentleman with a heart of gold and I am very saddened by his loss.
Rett