Our Years with the Home and School in the Holy Land Photo Gallery by Robert L Grupp at pbase.com

Our Years with the Home and School in the Holy Land

At a very young age, in February of 1952, we journeyed by ship to the Holy Land to assume responsibility for a newly organized Home and School for Boys in the City of Ramallah -- just ten miles north of Jerusalem. In Arabic the home came to be known as "Beit el Benin" -- the Home of the Sons. A school was also begun. We stayed until August of 1954, and then returned to the USA so Bob could continue his education at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.

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Susan & Elizabeth - Passport Photo	Missionaries to Jordan, Don and Hazel Ward Visit Us	Elizabeth in Ramallah -1952	Elizabeth. Susan Bob Just Before the Ship Sailed for the Holy Land - Feb 1952
Beit el Benin - Boys and Staff - Ramallah - 1953	Elizabeth with Jamil Saah and Audeh Rantisi	Elizabeth on Veranda of Beit el Benin Boys' Home, Ramallah	Elizabeth Among Rocks of Field
Elizabeth on Veranda of Boys' Home	Elizabeth on Playground at Beit el Benin in Ramallah - 1953	Carl Agerstrand - Outside the Beirut Home, Dar el Awlad	Bob Grupp and Hannah Saah
Bread - Fresh from Baking - Ahmed Omar and Ahmed Kamleh	Naim Nassar (center). Audeh Rantisi, Ahmed Kamleh, Husni Hassan, Ibrahim Nimr Deeb	Mary Jeanne Grupp and Yasser Sari Zaney	Elizabeth with Her Playmates - the Youngest Boys
Brother William Kassis - Our Handiman and General Worker of All Trades in Beit el Benin in Ramallah	Nurse Mary Jeanne Grupp and Patient in the Boys' Home	Yacoub Butrus Nusrallah, Raja Hanna Juries, Zahi Hishan, Samir Kaibni, Elias Kawajah,Hanna Saah	Susan and Elizabeth on Playground of Beit el Benin
Elizabeth in Garden of Beit El Benin	Bob with Elizabeth on Playground of Beit el Benin	Bob with Some of the Boys on the Front Steps of the Home	Muhammad Adullah - A Star Student!
Nahmetalah Asi and Ibrahim Nimr Deeb in the Home's Darkroom	Sue and New Arrival at the Home	Nurse Mary Jeanne Grupp and Patient	Boys of the Ramallah Home with Supervisors - 1952
Elizabeths First Birthday - May 9, 1952	Beth on Playing Field of Beit el Benin	Elizabeth with Football in the Boys' Home Playing Field	Beth on our Football Field - Really Soccer, which is called "Football" in Arabic
Elizabeth With Garden Flowers - Garden created by Hans Moudric	Group pf Boys - Yacoub Butros Nusrallah. Zahi Hishan, Khalil Usta	Hannah Saah, Audeh Rantisi, Elizabeth and Brother George - Getting Ready for a Picnic Expedition	Rajah Hanna Jirius, Omar Abdulfetah, Fuad Umdanat, Khalil Usta
Group of Younger Boys of Beit el Benin - Home of the Sons	Ahmed Kamleh, E;ias Mansour, Husni Hassan, Yassir Sari, Nahmetallah Asi, Yacoub Nasser	Ibrahim Nimr Deeb, Audeh Rantisi and Muhammed Abdulla	Home of the Sons - Our Rented Facility - DAR BADRAN
Our rented Building - as Seen from the Playfield	Elizabeth and the "Rock Scene" Near Playground	Beth with Rocks in the Playfield	Susan and Elizabeth - Ramallah - 1952
Older Boys at Christmas	Mary in the Gardens of the Home	Omar and Rajah with Home Bike	Grupp Family - Ramallah - 1952
Happy Third Birthday to Elizabeth Jeanne	Beth Sue in the Garden Tomb Compound	Beth Rajah and a Rabbit	Bob and Sue with Some of the Boys of the Home
Boys lined up for Narch to School	Boys pumping water from the Cistern to the Roof Tanks	The Grupps - with City of Ramallah in the Background	Sue with Date Palms in Jericho
Omar and Rajah with New Puppies	Boys Playing on the Veranda of Home of the Sons

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toni zurzola		21-Nov-2009 17:44
love to see old pictures from the year 1961-1968

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