Crosses were everywhere, subtil at first, until you began to look for them. Negotiating the big tourist bus we were traveling in was truly remarkable. Some places only afforded inches, several point turns to get through. We headed to the top of the city where 2 amphitheaters have been carved out of the cliffs.

Today we went to Simon's Church in Garbage City. Garbage City had sprung up over people sifting through and sorting usable/recyclable material in the local dump. The people there were generally all maner of unsavory character until 1972 when a Christion man (I forget what he did as a living, I'm working on slim memory here) began to minister to the people there. He began a wholesale change where today, most of the residents are Christian.

Wednesday:
Sorry about the delay in postings. A hectic schedule coupled with intestinal problems left no time or inclination. Whew!

Sorry about the fuzzy pictures. I forgot to turn my flash back on. Had to show you this lady, one of 2 that carried our bags up the stairs to the 2nd floor. This is Steve’s bag which weighs 50 or more pounds.

Meg with her new girlfriend. She is one of the girls that did her own alterations. Notice the side arms are switched so that this high arm rest is in the front. This aids in her manuvering in and out of the chair.

This is the girl’s home. We didn’t have too much to do. Some of the women had altered their chairs to fit their own conditions. Quite impressive. And they all we really happy to be with us and fun.

These are brothers with muscular distrophe. They were quite fun, although Brother Raafat said they were subdued today by our presence, though it’s not the norm.