<p>I'm running the <a title="Tiberias Marathon" href="http://www.tiberias-marathon.co.il/index.php?uri=/102info_and_registration&amp;amp;amp;amp;lang=en">Tiberias Marathon</a> in January in aid of Bethlehem's</p> <p><strong><a title="Ma&#39;an Lil-Hayat" href="http://sunbula.org/etemplate.php?id=64">Ma'an Lil-Hayat</a></strong></p> <p>part of the international network of L'Arche communities.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Operating an income-generating workplace through the production of wool felt gifts, Ma'an is primarily&nbsp;a community in which people with intellectual disabilities and those without can work together, learn from one another, and celebrate life together.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Your support will enable Ma'an Lil-Hayat to remove more barriers, embrace more lives and shine more light in Palestine.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>When I first visited Ma'an Lil-Hayat, I was profoundly moved by the manner in which it brings people together across intellectual, religious and cultural boundaries to forge real community.</p> <p><strong><br></strong></p> <p>Ma'an Lil-Hayat means 'Together for life', which represents well the spirit it embodies. In a divided society, people from very different backgrounds, with and without disabilities, Muslims and Christians, share life and work together.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The felt products themselves are made from the wool of Bethlehem sheep, supporting local shepherds.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Give what you can to nourish a community in which differences are opportunities not barriers.</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Mark</p>