Cathy and I found the rest of the group the next morning and moved to the same hotel. It was great meeting up with every one and sharing stories of God’s goodness on our journeys. We rested up and then went to the ‘garbage city’ the people don’t live on a trash heap, their work is to collect all the trash and then to sort it and recycle it. This all is done at home. Most of the people in this area are Christians. We went to look at their churches, I think it should be added to the list of ‘wonders of the world. There are two very near to each other. They are built into a natural cave, the first seats 5000 people and is a semi open-air amphitheatre. The second seats 3000 people; it is an amphitheater inside a natural cave.
History has it that a ruler of Egypt loved debates; he got Jews and Christians to debate their beliefs. The Jews challenged the Christians with the scripture that says if you have faith the size of a mustered seed you can move a mountain. The ruler gave them three days to move a mountain or ells face persecution. The Christians prayed and fasted, revelation was given to the bishop that god would use the shoemaker, He did and the mountain moved, it is said that the sun could be seen shining from under the mountain. The Egyptian ruler became a Christian. It is at this mountain where the cave churches now are.
The next day we went to see the pyramids at Giza. They are much bigger and widespread then I expected.
