Pastor Kristen shares how her daughter Anna was welcomed with deep love by a Palestinian family during her service year in Bethlehem, and how that hospitality reshaped all their lives—from caring for her daily to risking checkpoints to return her belongings during COVID.

Their later reunion showed how love can bridge cultures, distance, and hardship, reminding us that Lent invites us to notice the quiet, transformative ways love appears in our own lives.