Sunday 6th February

 

I thought I’d do a day by day update until i go back to school, so here is what today has brought.

When they say the banks are open it means queue at a cash machine and they will work until the money runs out, at least that’s what’s happened at the HSBC at the Grand Mall. We were fortunate (or God timed it well for us) in that I had emptied my account on Thursday the 27th after school and have had no need to worry, we even managed to pay the January rent when Mohamed came to collect it.

Shops are definitely coming back to life, we wandered around the Grand Mall this afternoon to see many shops (clothes mainly) opening and others putting their stock back. So it looks like life will carry on around the protests.

Taxis are back on the streets in force honking their horns at you to see if you need a lift.

Maadi Grand Mall – 5 floors of shops, a little like the Prospect Centre in Hull.

We are still meeting on a daily basis at the Church to pray and Geoff is still escorting me there and back. The uniformed police were back outside the church today, on Saturday it was just 3 of the non-uniformed (secret) police, you can tell who they are from the side-arms they carry. It is nice to see them back, another sign things are returning to normal. Foreigners are considered honoured guests in Egypt and although it may seem strange to have police outside the church it is part of looking after their guests and keeping them safe.

Keep up the prays please, they are really working. The church has put out the following pray requests:

• Praise the Lord for the relative safety of the last couple days here in Cairo
• Pray for Egypt. Pray that the Lord will work His perfect plan for this country.
• Pray the the Lord will do His work within each one of us individually - that we will all grow closer to Him during this time.
• Pray for the MCC council and staff as we seek the Lord's guidance in light of the recent events.
• Pray that the Lord will meet our needs as we go through a time of a significantly smaller church.
• Pray for many of our church family who are traveling to/from Egypt.

More tomorrow . . . . . . . .