greetings from egypt!
i am currently sitting in probably the sketchiest internet cafe in cairo, however, i am safely protected by 3 guys from my team. just thought i would let you know. so,, we finally made it here. We were suppose to have a 4 hour lay over in rome but our flight to cairo ended up getting cancelled because of a strike going on. But, God completely blessed us with a free night in rome at a hotel with amazing food. It was so nice to be able to spend a couple of hours in rome and have a good nights rest. We had a direct flight to cairo in the morning.
We have two apartments that we are staying in that are so much better than i expected. One of the leaders from ywam owns them and ywamers stay in them 4 times a year. I feel like my team will really become more like a family after living with each other, cooking meals together, and doing chores around the house....even using the bathroom when we all get sick on the food. should be exciting.
This morning was our first ministry experience. We were able to go to the mother teresa orphanage where there were disabled kids, babies, and elderly people. I was assigned to the babies and they now pretty much have my whole heart. It was amazing. There were about 4 of us working with 15 babies. We held them, fed them, prayed for them, and sang to them. I could probably go on forever about the precious children and i just want to get back there. Then i was able to pray with an elderly woman for some time. Its hard when i only know a couple of words in arabic...but i am slowly learning.
It is such a different culture here. We are not allowed to go anywhere unless we have a guy with us. Girls can not look at men in the face and we are definitely not supposed to smile. As you all know...that is quite challenging for me. Ive already made that mistake a couple of times...but i am trying....its just hard after smiling for the past 20 years and then all of a sudden turning that off....yaaa.
We found this amazing smoothie place with fresh fruit and you can get a huge smoothie for less than 50 cents. I love the american dollar.
So that is the update at the moment....i am pretty much dying from all of the smoke around me right now so i think i need to get out of here. I will not be able to right in this blog often..but hopefully once in awhile i can update you all. Continue to pray that my team will develop Gods heart for the muslim people. Thank you all for your support and prayers. have a beautiful day!