Returning to Iraq?

Returning to Iraq?
December 6, 2002

Dear family and friends,

I received word yesterday that my teammate, Sister Anne Montgomery, and I will be traveling back to Iraq in ten days to help with the next large CPT delegation arriving. I think maybe this will be difficult news for those of you who were sighing in relief when I made it back to Hebron. I am looking forward to going, and have been looking forward to it since returning from the first trip. I have spent a lot of time preparing mentally, spiritually, and physically for the return trip and its possible consequences. I anticipate legal consequences from US authorities being more a potential problem than physical danger. The three invasions I have worked in are good preparation for physical dangers and recognition of my own limits in accompaniment and witness. I would welcome interview questions from interested press that you may be connected with, and ask for your prayers and support as I get ready to depart. For the time being, ‘Plan A’ is to
return to Hebron for a month before my return to the US in early February.

Peace,

Le Anne