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Anafora Desert
Retreat Center
Rachel and I spent a weekend at Anafora with a group
of Mennonite missionaries, mostly from the US and Canada. The
retreat center is part of a monastery and is intended as a place of prayer
and silent reflection for retreat groups as well as Coptic Orthodox
clergy. |
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Our home for the weekend and
my first experience sleeping under a mosquito net |
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It is hard to imagine a place
more beautiful and peaceful than this; even though we were there to
babysit, I found the weekend very restful and hope to return there soon! |
| Thanksgiving |
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| Gathering
the "family" in Dawson hall in preparation for the meal |
| We enjoyed more
than the usual number of kids around Dawson hall! |
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We have plates,
drinks, tables and chairs...
all we need is some turkey! |
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And there's the
bird! |
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Enjoying
fellowship and lots of yummy food - Thanksgiving was great for those of us
deprived of American food for three months! |
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Kim
and I sat at the kid's table with Niveen and Brice from the seminary and
all the kids. |
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Enjoying a
post-pumpkin pie hymn sing. |
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| Port
Said |
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The morning after
Thanksgiving, we all piled in a van (10 of us) for a trip to Port Said |
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went for a walk around Port Said, but it was so cold, we ended up spending
part of the time in a coffee shop. |
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We were able to
worship together in the church where we were staying. Unfortunately,
it wasn't much warmer inside than outside! |
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It was
fun to walk around in this street market and there weren't many
tourists. Note the number of people turning to stare at us as we
walk by in the picture on the left - welcome to Egypt! |
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As we left the
church in Port Said, we were met by a police escort that led us out of
town with sirens blaring! Apparently, they thought we would be safer
if everyone in all of Port Said knew of our presence. |
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