If you didn't already know, Ben's parents came to see us January 1st and I cannot describe how wonderful it was to see family, especially them. In 9 days we traveled to the Sinai, Israel and Palestinian territories. We have an enormous amount of photos and stories of where Jesus spent his life, and I cannot wait to share them. I will do my best to share a town a day :)
My sweet mom and Ben's parents partnered together to give us a Christmas suitcase and cooler full of food, coffee, clothes, bacon, steak, chicken and dumplings....pretty much anything we cannot get easy here. It was unbelievable. Also, my dad got us a kindle, which is an electronic book that you download books onto.
Our first stop, the pyramids of Giza.
This picture was taken while we were waiting on Ben to walk ALL THE WAY back down to the bottom to get us tickets to enter inside the pyramid. The tickets were actually being sold on the other side of the pyramid. We always joke about how foreigners get stuck or suckered into buying something from an Egyptian. Like when Ben asked for directions and ended up in this man's oil perfume shop. Well needless to say, Ben came back on a horse, with a tour guide. Haha.
That night, Amy took us all out to a good family friend of hers in a village in Sakara. We all felt really bad for this donkey because he had two men on his back.
The camel must have known he was having his picture taken :)
After all the riding and seeing the Sakara pyramids, we were graciously welcomed into their home where the sweet women Noel, Sumaya, and Ibtisam fed us dinner. This is one of my favorite families we have met here.
Matthew 2:13-15
13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14. And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, 15. and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."
13. Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Rise, take the child and his mother, and flee to Egypt, and remain there till I tell you; for Herod is about to search for the child, to destroy him." 14. And he rose and took the child and his mother by night, and departed to Egypt, 15. and remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfil what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, "Out of Egypt have I called my son."
Although we did not go to any sites that document Jesus living in Egypt when he was a toddler. We are not sure if there is any existing evidence, but we still think it is worth mentioning.
I'm sorry it has taken so long for us to make a post about our trip, but I have been recovering from strep throat. Since we have lived in Egypt, I have acquired swine flu, the regular flu twice, an upper respiratory infection with some kind of horrible cough, and this week, strep throat. We sought out God's plan for us for many months, and after all the illness and prayer, we have decided that I do not need to be working at my preschool anymore. We continuously strive to seek our purpose here, and until we do, this is an opportunity, by God's grace alone, for me to have more and more time with African Hope. Ben finished his first semester very VERY well. He has been super-husband this week with cooking every meal, doing ALL the laundry and he doesn't start his second semester until Feb 1st! I am so undeserving of him, but so very thankful.
Until next time....
Grace,
SL
1 comment:
Yaaaay! So glad they made it safely! Hope you're feeling better, lovey! MISS YOU! Sorry we keep missing eachother on Skype.. we'll get it soon!
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