We have been looking forward to this opportunity for several months and we are busily trying to prepare for the trip now. Packing for a place and environment that you have never been is not a particularly easy task, but the larger part is making sure that Keli has everything that she needs over the next few days while we are away; this will be the first time that either of us has left the other alone in Egypt.
Keli will have a busy schedule while we're doing the typical summer camp routine. She has to get Titus and Grace off to school, there's a High School youth party that Grace is going to tomorrow night, then Keli & Titus play host to the Maadi Community Church Middle School youth group kickoff party on Thursday. She will also begin preparing for her mother's arrival early next week.
It's Zeke's turn to take a trip with one of us; Grace came with us to Germany and Cairo last year, Titus went with me from Idaho to Oregon to Washington last fall. They're all looking forward to occasional opportunities to jet off to exciting countries.
Our hearts remain heavy and in prayer for the crisis in Syria and it's continuing effects on neighboring countries, specifically Lebanon where violence and similar cultural divisions are being reborn after years of peace from their own civil war. Here is a video posted on CNN that demonstrates the effects of this violent conflict on one boy and his family--as you watch this, consider that this is just one family among thousands experiencing similar in northern Lebanon.
We will learn a lot in the next week though we will be far from any current threats or violence. As I make a second trip next week, I should have even greater opportunity to learn about the response of Christians to the growing refugee needs, and other service opportunities.
Continue to keep us in your prayers--thank you all for your support. We hope to take and post a lot of pictures of great people and interesting sights.
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