The Syrian woman wore a floral-patterned, full-length dress and head scarf. She ducked inside her tarp-house. Moments later she emerged with a rug.
She placed it and a cushion on the ground, and motioned for Tullie to sit.
[Ann] Tullie, whose white blouse matched her curly hair, sat.
The refugee offered her tea.
“I guess she could tell I was tired and thirsty,” Tullie said Monday as she and her husband, Dick, sat on the sofa in their living room. Dick Tullie made the short-term mission trip with her, like he has about a dozen times before. The couple, members of The Parish Church of St. Helena, have performed mission work since 2004 in the United States, Central America and Africa.
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What sitting, sipping with Syrian refugees taught two Lowcountry South Carolina missionaries
The Syrian woman wore a floral-patterned, full-length dress and head scarf. She ducked inside her tarp-house. Moments later she emerged with a rug.
She placed it and a cushion on the ground, and motioned for Tullie to sit.
[Ann] Tullie, whose white blouse matched her curly hair, sat.
The refugee offered her tea.
“I guess she could tell I was tired and thirsty,” Tullie said Monday as she and her husband, Dick, sat on the sofa in their living room. Dick Tullie made the short-term mission trip with her, like he has about a dozen times before. The couple, members of The Parish Church of St. Helena, have performed mission work since 2004 in the United States, Central America and Africa.
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