Walstons in Egypt 2024-2026

  Our primary had an activity in the back of the Gathering Center. Our new primary president has only been a member for about 7 months and did a great job. She calls Kathleen and I, momma and poppa.  The same night Kathleen gave the Relief Society a demonstration on how to make cookies. The little ones stayed close to sample them. The Church donated $3 million to the Magdi Yacoub Foundation for the construction of their new hospital in Cairo. Elder Parrella and the Chair of their board are on the left. Elder Parrella also gave me a blessing prior to the visit to bless my health and allow us the strength to continue and finish our mission. At the left we are with the leadership of the new Magdi Yacoub Hospital. The top leaders wanted to visit Salt Lake City during the April conference next year. We will see if we are there when this occurs. If so, I might get to assist. Kathleen at the hospital. If you look closely you can see the pyramids in the background. Kathleen and Steve ...

  Here are two pictures of the Metro we ride periodically. It is almost all above ground except this spot. We were asked to prepare stories about some of the humanitarian projects we are doing and went back to Hand-in-Hand and their prosthetic work. We have now funded them twice. The man on the left never went to school and his leg was amputated by a water wheel in a rural village when he was 17. He has had this leg for 5 months and is very happy to have it. He insisted on biting his garment to show his leg. This man is from Sudan and lost his leg as a result of diabetes. He was an architect in Sudan but lost everything due to the war there. His son is helping him with his leg. This is the CEO of Hand-in-Hand, Mohamed Hatab, and his 3D printers that are used to print the prosthetics. His wife just had their first child this month. We started to have joint Young Men and Young Women activities. This one was designed and run by the Walstons. The kids did have fun and ate lots of pizza...