No, not first aid, first Eid. Which is one of the biggest muslim event in the year. It's like Christmas in christian countries.
They remember Abraham who was ready to sacrifice his son. Doesn't matter which son, what matters is the fact that he was ready to sacrifice him.
Muslim families buy an animal to sacrifice and give the one third of the meat to poor people. Also they share one third with relatives and keep only one third of it for their own family. Life stops for 5 days, everybody is going to meet relatives.
I virtually took part of the preparations. Everybody was talking about the animal which was prepared to be sacrificed. One family bought a cow, another one a goat, the other one a sheep. They all were very excited about the day of Eid. Children were playing with the animal then learnt they have to sacrifice it. What a lesson! Yes, some of them were crying, but the lesson is still there. Sometimes you have to sacrifice your beloved things.
I liked Salim the best who told his children 'we are poor, we can't sacrifice an animal this year'. But bought a sheep in secret and surprised his children with it.
Dursun performed a complete live-show how Hacer, his wife was baking baklava for Eid. Thank you for that!
What about my blessings?
In the morning of Eid I got a whats.app message on my mobile saying "Eid Mubarak" - which means something like Happy Eid. But I didn't know the phone number the message arrived from. Started to chat to the person. We both were confused. "How do you know my phone number? Who started the conversation? Why did you send me that message? Are you playing with me?"
No, he wasn't playing. He got my phone number from Skype (I cleared it immediately). He is a young boy working in Mekka at the Clock Tower.
Where does your family live?
'In Pakistan' he replied. 'I thought so, but where in Pakistan?'
Yes, I wasn't surprised when he said 'in Pakistan'. Where else could he live? Everybody lives in Pakistan!
I don't think things happen accidentally. But who or what is the organizer, I have no idea. I feel like being moved by an uncontrollable power.
Nearly the same time I got a request on Facebook. Another muslim-sounding person. NO, NOT HERE! I wanted to close down!!! At this point I wanted to leave everything and run away. Don't do it with me!
Guess what happened about three hours later? I accepted his request. Yes, Pakistani. Of course...
Other blessings?
Video talking to Tahir's family... Getting invitation from Tahir's wife...
Talking to Zaheer first time...
Talking to Ahmed about language teaching...
Getting several Eid-greetings on Facebook... Such lovely words and good wishes...
And Eid hasn't finished yet...
All the blessings my dear friends on this very special Eid!
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