Believe it or not we slept till 11 and then quickly packed up and quietly left...good riddance ! We hopped a taxi & crossed over the Nile...that seems weird to say. Our new room is much improved, though still cold, & very close to Refuge Egypt where we'll be volunteering. We went on a hunt to find the office & Monica who's are contact person...turns out she's from Pittsburgh ! She was eager to get us busy after a quick tour & overview of all they'd like us to do...all under the umbrella of the All Saints Episcopal Church. We left there feeling we'd found a good spot to volunteer...also left Hungary. Found a great spot close by where Rog ate 1/2 chicken & I had a hot dish of cannelloni ...great on another cold day! We picked up a few groceries then went back to our room to read, write, watch news & do a bit of laundry. Also booked this room for 8 more nights. Next morning breakfast was brought to our room...hard boiled eggs, bread, cheese & coffee. Then off we went to church...the young priest was from Ohio. Next we met the head of many of the outreach programs, Francine. The funding comes from many sources and part of what I will be doing is helping create letters requesting funds...a job I've enlisted help from my big hearted FIA friend, Sarah:). Also am trying to make a Michigan connection for funding for the deaf school Refuge Egypt would like start. (Currently deaf are put in a room with no teacher/no lessons.). ***Please feel free to jump in with suggestions!!!***. Rog & I will be teaching English classes starting next week. We've also been asked to visits prisoners ...many from Sudan, some USA...put there for no Visa or minor offenses. With no family in the area to support them, they get minimal service. Several have finished their sentence but have no $$ to fly home. Last month this church raised $$ so four could go home. Another side job we learned to day was how to scan documents & add them to files. We'll be doing that in our spare time...that looks like a never ending job...one girl, Monica from Egypt has been doing it full time for 3 years! Think we'll be busy. Ate left over breakfast in our room and then happened on a movie in English...the story of Lee Strobel who authored A Case for Christ. Ironic find since we're so close to the birthplace of Christianity . Can't plan these things...they just happen!!
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