Just a quick note to let everyone know we are safe and sound in Egypt.
Katherine, Ashley, and I had an interesting time on our journey from Samos to Athens. There was so much wind that the waves just threw our ferry back and forth. For six or seven hours!
I’ve never seen so many seasick people! Everytime I went to the bathroom, there was at least one guy throwing up. And the wind blowing across the deck was fierce! It would knock you down if you tried to stand up.
I quickly came to see how easy it might have been for Paul to get shipwrecked, crossing the Agean in a smaller wooden boat.
Anyway, once we made it back to Athens, it was an uneventful bus ride to the airport followed by an uneventful red-eye flight to Cairo. We reunited with the other World Racers, slept a couple of hours, and piled into a bus bound for Quissia, a town in the dead center of Egypt. The Christians here believe that an altar at the local monastary is the fulfillment of Isaiah 19:19:
“In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.”
We will spend ten days here, teaching various classes, leading youth groups, playing with orphans, and hopefully serving the poor. Please pray for these ministries, and that God will continue to show us other opportunities to share His love.
More in a couple of days,
-Gary, on behalf of Team Doulos
