With new territory comes new exposure; and Zeke has gotten himself exposed to some nasty sickness that has kept him in the bathroom for one reason or another for nearly 12 hours now :(
We don't think it was food poisoning, because several of us ate the same things and he's the only one affected. We don't think it's from the water, because he hasn't been exposed to it any more than the rest of us either.
We did hear of another boy at the school with a pretty nasty stomach bug--this could be the same one.
So, pray for the little guy--he seems even smaller now as he is really, really sick and bordering on dehydration despite our constant efforts and some pretty strong medicine (which, by the way, we're not sure you need a prescription for much around here).
Thanks for your prayers!
---------------------------------from the odd and random side of things...
The US Dollar ($) is worth about 6.2 Egyptian Pounds (LE) currently. There are several documented reports that 40% of the population of Cairo live on around $2, or less than 13 LE per day--this is the poverty level. We are further told that this lower economic population group is growing; and so, somehow, is the wealthiest class, but not nearly as fast--the "middle class" is shrinking. This reality is apparent as you walk through the streets, and in and out of stores.
Now for the random...
The Egyptian Pound, much like the British Pound, is usually in coin, not bills. One of the CCF leaders showed me an old Egyptian Pound note--not seen often these days.
The Egyptian Pound is broken into Piastres like a dollar is broken into cents; there are 1 PT, 5 PT, 10 PT, 25 PT, and 50 PT--and these are available in coins today. Apparently, a few of these increments used to be available in notes, or bills, as well. Yesterday, much to the surprise of the CCF leader with the 1LE note, i was given change that included a 25 Piastres bill.
That's not the equivalent of a bill for 25 cents--on current conversion, that's a bill for just over 4 cents! Here's a picture of the current 25 PT coin and the 25 PT note i received:
We don't think it was food poisoning, because several of us ate the same things and he's the only one affected. We don't think it's from the water, because he hasn't been exposed to it any more than the rest of us either.
We did hear of another boy at the school with a pretty nasty stomach bug--this could be the same one.
So, pray for the little guy--he seems even smaller now as he is really, really sick and bordering on dehydration despite our constant efforts and some pretty strong medicine (which, by the way, we're not sure you need a prescription for much around here).
Thanks for your prayers!
---------------------------------from the odd and random side of things...
The US Dollar ($) is worth about 6.2 Egyptian Pounds (LE) currently. There are several documented reports that 40% of the population of Cairo live on around $2, or less than 13 LE per day--this is the poverty level. We are further told that this lower economic population group is growing; and so, somehow, is the wealthiest class, but not nearly as fast--the "middle class" is shrinking. This reality is apparent as you walk through the streets, and in and out of stores.
Now for the random...
The Egyptian Pound, much like the British Pound, is usually in coin, not bills. One of the CCF leaders showed me an old Egyptian Pound note--not seen often these days.
The Egyptian Pound is broken into Piastres like a dollar is broken into cents; there are 1 PT, 5 PT, 10 PT, 25 PT, and 50 PT--and these are available in coins today. Apparently, a few of these increments used to be available in notes, or bills, as well. Yesterday, much to the surprise of the CCF leader with the 1LE note, i was given change that included a 25 Piastres bill.
That's not the equivalent of a bill for 25 cents--on current conversion, that's a bill for just over 4 cents! Here's a picture of the current 25 PT coin and the 25 PT note i received:
Thank you for sharing the money photos, that is so cool
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