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April 27, 2007
Up in the Air
It has been a very short week. We are not ready to be leaving yet, it seems that we barely had time to say hello to our dear friends here. We were able to see a few places here in Cairo that we have not seen before, but there are still plenty of notable sites that we have not visited another month may be enough, but allas, work and obligations in Michigan are calling.
We head to the airport at 1am tonight, and then arrive in GR around 4pm tomorrow... makes for a short night and a very long day.
hopefully we can get some more photos up in the next few weeks.
your host for this episode : dan; 11:11 AM | Comments (0)
April 19, 2007
wow.
these kids have incredible amounts of energy. not sure how they do it on so little amounts of sleep. we're all functioning (us and them) on about 6 hours of sleep per night and hot sun during the day.
we had a sandstorm on tuesday and the only way i can describe is this: if sand could blizzard, that's what was happening. because of it we had to hunker down in a basement hallway (the most protected area available to us because all of the rooms were being used for meetings of the conference) on the floor and try to stay occupied. we had planned on doing the ropes course tuesday, and having a bonfire, but because of the stinging sand and gusting wind, neither was possible. instead we tie-dyed, beaded, and sang songs. FLEXIBILITY is a good thing to practice here...
after much prayer tuesday night, we awakened to beautiful blue skies again wednesday and now our biggest struggle is kepeing the kids out of the pool! the weather has been like the best August day you can imagine in Michigan, and we're "stuck" outside!
we've had some pretty incredible responses to the stories that we're telling. some kids really struggle with loneliness because their friends are not in the same country where they are. many have retold the story of the good shepherd, telling us more details about their dark places that he's leading them through, or that they're scared of in the near future. they could really use your prayers.
on that note, know that your prayers for strength have been answered in amazing ways. functioning on just so little sleep, in a new culture, with new kids (who are all high energy), eating new strange (on our stomachs) things, and wanting badly to just lounge by the pool, the Lord has really come through as our strength, and not one of us has been out of commission so far! praise God, and pray that the same continues.
more pictures to follow...
your host for this episode : carrie; 06:58 AM | Comments (6)
April 15, 2007
we have tasted the nile...
we're here. we have arrived. it has been crazy and beautiful. everyone is well. no hassles with luggage, no problems in amsterdam.
we've tried new foods and "our tongues are alive", according to eric...
we spent 5 hours in a flower garden recommended by kathy's parents while we were in amsterdam. BEA-U-TI-FUL. beautiful. such a fantastic layover. (thanks vanderMeulens!!)
spent time in the park here with that fabulous food that sheri and letha were raving about last year... we spent time in the bazaar... we went to the tent market and EVEN bought a tent! don't worry though it folds up small, and they're still going to let us sleep in the hotel...
been to the pyramids. did the camel thing. they are not stable animals, so says annie. duane's was michael jackson, others were madonna, mickey, moses. kathy kissed the sphinx.
here's a couple of group shots
your host for this episode : carrie; 12:49 PM | Comments (7)
April 12, 2007
leavin'... on a jet plane...
here's our team: dan, carrie, sheri, eric, letha, annie, duane, and kathy. in no particular order!
we leave today at 6, have a long layover in amsterdam tomorrow, and arrive saturday in the land of the pharoahs. pray against pharoah's revenge!!!
your host for this episode : carrie; 02:34 PM | Comments (0)