weary Christians...

hey guys...

thank you all for you continuing to follow along and pray for us! we are having a blessed time...

last night, we ate on the Nile River...at a TGI Friday's. how crazy is that?

today, we got down to business. we started praying early this morning and then went on a walk of the Coptic (Christian) churches in the area. For the most part, the churches appeared very 'dead' to us and were more tourist spots than anything else. Amanda's heart has been particularly burdened by how weary all of the Christians seem to be here - both the ones who are from here and the 'workers' who are called here.

we had the opportunity this afternoon to pray for some new friends who are wanting to start a program for Sudanese (sp?) refugees to take them off the streets and prevent them from joining gangs. we have been blessed by many opportunities to pray...which is our primary reason for coming.

one interesting thing we have noticed...their is a 'call' for the locals (muslims) to pray five times a day starting at 4:30 am in the morning. we thought that it was mandatory that everything stopped and they would begin praying...but this is not the case. it is completely up to them...

and one more interesting thing...this is definitely not the 'south' in terms of the pedestrians having the right of way in traffic. it is 'every man for himself' to get where you are going. it makes things kind of fun...

tomorrow, we are heading out to pray again. we'll be going downtown for the first time and praying with specific people there as well...

much grace and peace to each of you...chip & amanda