After a couple days without internet access, we're back, alive and doing well. We've had two busy days of working on a couple different homes about 1 hour from El Minya. We've been loading, sorting and moving limestone blocks (about 1600 yesterday), sifting sand, sanding walls, plastering walls and nailing roofs onto homes. The work has been very rewarding the people of the village are so very thrilled to see us, especially the children. They love to get their photo taken and tell us "he-lo", which is the only English that they know. The ladies of the village have graciously served us tea every afternoon, which we've enjoyed, and they've also lowered the sugar content to our liking.
We still have our entourage of security and today we had to wait for the lead officer to finish praying (he's Muslim) before we could leave. We have gotten used to the calls for prayer that happen 5 times a day in the village as well as the animals freely roaming and the never ending dust.
For dinner Monday night, several in the group ordered stuffed piegon, which we were told is a delicacy in Egypt. The overall impression is it "tastes like chicken".
Dinner Tuesday night was on the Nile River on a boat tied to the shore. Massive amounts of food there were wonderful! A fun night that included our own security boat watching out over us on the Nile. The security guards are now warming up to us...smiling more and saying hello.
Poverty is still overwhelming to us. These families are so incredibly poor and we want to do is give all the small children a good bath! They are so pleasant and we'll be sad to say goodbye to them, as I'm sure they'll miss us. At dinner tonight, we discussed how thankful we all are of our houses, families, good health and how being here does make a difference in their lives.
Tomorrow (Thursday) is our last day of the build. We'll be heading back to Cairo tomorrow night.
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