اهلا و سهلا (Welcome in Arabic)

Greetings from Luxor, Egypt. I'm in another little internet cafe with a keyboard that keeps typing in arabic randomly if I don't press certain buttons. Today the temperature is about 40 degrees celcius. Yeah it's dang hot. Our team just had our mid term retreat, where we took a cruise along the Nile. It was beautiful. We had two people from Canada join us Rob Thiessen, and John Atchison. The did some devotions with us and really encouraged us. Our team really needed some time where we could just be tourists and not worry about curve balls being thrown at us. It was nice being able to eat somewhat north american food, and be able to where shorts and a t-shirt. I think one of the most exciting things though was being able to use a shower with pressure and a hairdryer. Hallelugah! Haha! So we are feeling on track again and ready to tackle this next 7 weeks. The plan is to be in Luxor for a few days, where we are staying at a Nunery, and visiting churches, etc. After this heading down to Aswan. One prayer request, would be for our team to handle the heat okay, and stay healthy and hydrated. I'm out of internet time though so I'll write again soon.