What a treat it is to sleep in we cannot express to you now. This day started as a largely needed morning of sleep. The wake up alarm was not until 10 AM although many woke a little before to go grab some breakfast. It was a day on the road. We left Cairo just after 11am and headed east to the Suez Canal. We passed under the Suez Canal in a tunnel (which took 1 minute and 43 seconds) and then swung by a spot, swung not parked, to get a picture of the canal. You see, it is a military zone and so being typical tourists is not a good idea there. Many people fly, but Brother Gunnerson felt that a six hour drive through the desolate wilderness that Moses and his LARGE clan traveled would give us a visual for future reference.
How anyone could live in such a place is hard to imagine. It is so desolate that he started announcing the acacia trees as we passed them. They are “tree of life” trees that grow alone in the desert. Seeing this dry, dry place definitely gives you a new appreciation for Israelite feelings about their Manna. It is still dry, dry today as Brother Gunnerson pointed out when he said “Don’t expect much from dinner. Remember this is in the sticks Egyptian.” Egyptian food is still a struggle for the American stomach and the rural food of Mt. Sinai on top of that would add to its exotic turbulence. A lot of sleeping also occurred on the bus. Not much else happened except for two pit stops and a great lesson on Isaiah 18-19 about latter-day Egypt.
We arrived in the Mt. Sinai area, checked into our hotel which was pretty ghetto, and emailed home. Some people couldn’t get their hotel doors to lock, others couldn’t get them to unlock. We all had a nice short night of sleep regardless.
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Hello to all,
If you can will you please tell Michele that she is an aunt of a very cute baby BOY!!!! Ethan Jay Furniss was born on Saturday, 4:00 PM. He was 7lb 2oz and 21 inches long. Heather is doing okay she ended up having a c-section. Thanks so much for posting we love it!!!
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