Meeting Leah

The teen aged girl straightens up and wipes her brow as a warm breeze blows by. The heat of the day in the Syrian desert is so intense that even being damp from doing the laundry does not cool her off. She would love to take a nice, cool rest in the shade, but knows her mother has a list of things to be done and will not let her leave her work so early; she begins to hang the clothes to dry.

She looks in the distance and her eyes widen at what is unmistakably her younger sister, running in the heat. Her sister holds her side as she comes to a stop and pants, “Leah! Where is Papa? I need to find him right away.” Leah follows her sister to where her father is tending an injured sheep. “Papa! I met a man at the well. He said he is your nephew – Rebecca’s son! He is coming to see us!” Immediately, Leah's father began to run, calling over his shoulder - "Tell your mother!"