So i was finally able to upload some pictures! Here is my group at the pyramids of Giza that we were able to see yesterday.
Random facts:
1. Apparently the pollution here is equal to smoking one pack of cigarettes a day.
2. The name "Beth" is said as "Bes" when i introduce myself which in arabic means "enough or be quiet." So, the average person laughs when i tell them my name.
3. The call that the muslim people have 5 times a day is quite loud but it hasnt bothered me yet. Its starting to just become a natural part of my day.

Im really starting to enjoy my time here. It was hard in the beginning to adjust to everything because it is SO different. It really is a whole new world here, but it is starting to feel more like my home.
We have found a really good English church to go to on Fridays. It is just so nice to be able to sing and hear the message in my own language and also to meet people from the United States that have been called to Egypt. Later on Friday, we ran into the other ywam team from L.A. We had a time of worship and prayer with them. I met a girl that went to my university in indiana! it was so random. When i asked her what college she had gone to in the states and she said Anderson...i pretty much completely freaked out at her. she probably thought i was quite weird...but i found it to be a nice connection that we shared.
On Thursday nights we have started to read through the New Testament as a group. I really look forward to these times of just sitting in our cozy area and reading out loud for a couple of hours with each other. I really see our team becoming more unified. It is just so cool to see each person growing.
We went to the Mother Theresa orphanage again this week. I spent the whole morning washing clothes by hand. Its hard not being able to talk a lot with the girls that i am with...but again i am just learning to serve through my actions. We visited the homes of Sudanese Refugees again and i loved it! I had no idea what i was going to say when i got to their home but by the time it was my turn to talk...the words just started to come. It was such a reminder to me that it is really not about what i say but just about allowing God to speak through me and to use me in the way he wants. I was so encouraged by them as well and it was such a different experience for me this time.
Anyway, i have to get going but i want to leave you with the verses that encouraged me yesterday:
" For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to FILL YOU with the KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL through all spiritual WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING. And we pray this in order that you may live a life WORTHY of the Lord and may please him in every way: BEARING FRUIT in every good work, GROWING in the knowledge of God, BEING STRENGTHENED with ALL POWER according to his glorious might so that you may have great ENDURANCE and PATIENCE, and JOYFULLY GIVING THANKS to the Father, who has QUALIFIED you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light." -col. 1: 9-12
That has not only been a prayer i have made for myself, but for you as well. i love you all.