First of all, Marcie and I were deeply saddened by the news from Minnesota of the shooting deaths at the south Minneapolis church school. Horrible. There isn’t an adequate transition to anything else but here it is anyway. Koshary. Koshary is a basic and is to Egypt as meatballs are to a Norwegian Christmas dinner…

It’s Marcie’s birthday! We’re celebrating with our granddaughter, Julia, who’s in town for a few days, by heading to the Khan Khalili, the famous and centuries-old bazaar in the middle of Cairo and then to dinner. A fun day ahead! Fridays, for the majority Muslim population of Egypt, are called, “Jum’ah,” a day for congregational…

One of the bittersweet aspects of being back at St. Andrew’s is there are many refugees who are still here for over 20 years. One example is Angelina and her son, Gatdaet, refugees from Sudan. Gatdaet is a remarkable man. He learned English from magazines and watching TV and for a number of years he…

Most every day, Marcie and I make a 30-minute trip to and from St. Andrew’s on the train. Some cars are air-conditioned; most are not. There is a “women only” car. On our car, Marcie took this great photo of two women; one a professional woman and the other a woman praying with her prayer…

As I mentioned in my first post, St. Andrew’s United Church of Cairo is the home of a significant ministry to refugees—StARS (St. Andrew’s Refugee Services. With Pastor Bekah, I met this family last week (pictured). They are a good example of those who have both been ministered to, as well as continue to minister…

Greetings from Cairo, Egypt! Marcie and I are here for seven weeks serving St. Andrew’s United Church of Cairo, Egypt. We returned to a church we served under the aegis of Global Missions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) from 2003-2005 and for five weeks in 2016. In that brief stint and this…