my prayer of the minute

i often find myself in some strange situations. this week is no exception. as you may or may not know we are nearing the end of the muslim celebration of ramadan. the end of ramadan is celebrated with a holiday called eid. this is not unlike lent and easter for christians. anyway, the actual day eid occurs is based on the moon. so the end of ramadan and celebration of eid is not known until the very last minute. the proposed end of ramadan is this thursday which would put eid on friday. if the moon is not correct or cannot be seen then ramadan will end on friday, putting eid on saturday.

this saturday is a london wide event the salvation army puts on once a year. it is amazingly kid-friendly. it will include workshops in the afternoon like dance, football, basketball, art projects, gospel choir, and a gyro chair. there will be a rap concert in the evening. although this happens every year, this is the first year our kids are old enough and our group is ready to participate. we have a couple adult volunteers who have graciously agreed to take our kids.

if you know anything about what we do, you will know we have a fair amount of muslim young people. if eid falls on saturday, it would be like if they skipped out on christmas with their family to come to our youth event...highly unlikely and very inappropriate. so, please join me in praying that eid will fall on friday, that the muslim leaders will see the moon on thursday evening and that our muslim kids will be free to come and enjoy themselves on saturday.

that is a prayer request i never thought i would be asking!

thanks for your support and i'll let you know what happens,
jamie