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It is always hard to get back into the swing of things after such an awesome trip. My mind has been on high alert as I was trying to take in as much of the culture as humanly possible in the short time that I was in Egypt. When I got home I was mentally exhausted. It took me a few days to truly recover and begin a good though process again.

I would like to tell you about the missionary that I visited in Cairo. His name is Wagih Boutrus, and he is a native to Cairo and the surrounding area. He has got such a heart for the people there. I felt such a kindred spirit with him. His philosophy of ministry is the same as mine. He is training people with the word of God. Teaching others to walk in the ways of Christ. He is reaching out to new areas that are not easy to reach in a Muslim country. He is reaching out to the pastors around him and partnering with them to further the gospel. He is in the process of making a missionary apartment on the next level of his house so that when people like me come to minister they will have a place to stay. He did not ask for help with this project although I know he needs it. I am hope to raise $1000.00 for this particular project. I would like you to pray and ask God if he would have you be a part of this love offering. If you would like to contribute to this love offering please contact the Church office through our website www.fellowshipborger.com.

My hope is that we will be going back on another missions trip some time in 2010. The cost for this trip was $2600. It was not cheep, but it was well worth it. It might be time to start saving so you can start living. Really living!

Coming Home

I have just a few minutes before I have to catch the shuttle back to the airport. After a long flight from Cairo to Germany to Washington D.C. My flight was cancelled due to mechanical difficulties (praise God). The airline paid for me to stay in a hotel last night and I slept like a baby. I really feel refreshed this morning ready to come home and get busy. I will be back in Borger about 5:00 this evening. It is good to be back in the states. I might have some time this evening to give a more in depth update on Egypt. God has blessed.

The Pastor's Conference

It seemed like a wirlwind the first real day in Egypt. We got off the plane on Wednesday about 2:30 P.M. in Cairo and the rest of the day had clear objectives settle in, last minute preps for the conference, and sleep. I stayed up as long as I could to try and get my body adjusted to loosing a whole night of sleep and finally crashed at about 8:00 P.M. I has a pretty good sleep waking up a few times because not everyone was in bed yet. Then 5:00 A.M. roles around and the prayer guy from the temple begins to pray. You talk about loud. The windows are open because there is no air conditioning and it was like he crawled into bed with me. This goes on for about 30 minutes. Needless to say it is time for me to get up.

I didn't know what to expect for the pastor's conference. Wagih seems like me in the fact that he get nervous right before the conference not knowing who will actually show. He was expecting 15 pastors and we had about 35 people that attended. It was a great turn out. Right before the conference started the power went out for the entire block. It didn't come back on until about 3:00 that afternoon. We had to do the conference in the dark. When the power goes off the water goes off. Everyone did great. The guest just took it in stride and everything was fine. I felt like we challanged many of the people in some brand new thought that they can grow on for a life time. God only knows the fruit in this type of thing.

We got out on the streets of Cairo and Giza last night. I can't discribe to you the traffic. I have never experienced anything like it in all my life. There were people cars and horse drawn carts and a little thing called a "took took" that were all mingled together on this thing called a road. That is the best I can do for you. You just had to be there. Crazy!!

Today we are going to the pryamids where they think Joseph was laid during the 400 years of slavery of the Jews. the time of the book of Exodus. I will write about this tomorrow when I have more detail. We also have more opportunities today to share the gospel so be praying that God blesses with some souls.