Hello again. Its been a while since I last posted. How easy it is to get swept up in the rushing current of life's rapid waters. Things are really starting to ramp up for the trip. Because of the need for outside resources in Cairo we are now partnering with a second church. This means, for me personally, that I will be preaching two nights; once at each church. I have also taken a spot on the creative team for the children's ministry. Every night while the church services are going on downstairs we will be up on the roof entertaining local children with Bible stories and activities. I'll give you one example of what we will be doing. On one of the four nights we will be teaching them about Noah. One of the people on our team will be playing Noah and he will tell the story. As the story is told the kids will interact by a) "building" the ark with construction paper taped to a wall b) painting animal faces on plates and "boarding" the ark two-by-two c) getting under a blue sheet and "making waves" and so on and so forth. We hope the children will have a great time and learn about the Bible in the meantime. We've been warned that they are unaccustomed to structure and that they will be wild but we're kinda wild ourselves so we should be pretty evenly matched.
I need to once again ask for those that are still on the fence about making a donation to please pray about giving. We are going too stretch every single cent as far as it will go. We are planning to do face painting and play games and make clothing and medical donations to a local orphanage. We are conducting computer classes for locals so that they can be more marketable. We are giving walkers and canes and other medical items to elderly and invalid in the community. We will be conducting an outreach to are teens where they will learn about Christ. We will be holding one of the first Christian women's conferences ever held in that city. The list goes on and on and we are so glad to be able to provide our time and these services to the people of Egypt but it takes money. So much goes so far there and even though the $2700 total that I need to raise seems substantial we could ask for $27,000 and it still wouldn't meet every need there. So, I am asking you to pray about making an investment in the lives of the few believers in Cairo. If you choose to make a tax deductible donation please make your checks payable to Mountain Lake Church. In order to receive your tax deduction please leave the memo line blank on your check. I have raised almost half thanks to all of you who so generously gave but I have to raise the rest by mid October and that's only a month away. Thank you for keeping up with my trip and thank you for supporting me through prayer and funds. I will keep you informed as things develop further. Take care.
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