Guests are sacred in Syrian culture, so when a Missions team visited the desert camps there, we were invited to visit the home of their tribal leader, Abdullah. Before we entered his cinder block house, we removed our shoes, stacked them neatly on a rack and sat on cushions atop the floor rug. His wife and young daughter served us small cups of coffee as he offered his greeting and Suhail, a Zarqa church staff member, translated and explained the different camps. In the Middle East, we ...