Walstons in Egypt 2024-2026

  We had a party for both branches on Dec 20, 2025. We had over 140 to 150 attend, many came for the first time or the first time in a long time. At the left are some of our friends, Laila, Guirgis, Maged, Steve, Kathleen, and Wael. This is the back of our house where we hold our church meetings and those who attended our joint Christmas party. There were probably 140 to 150 who attended. There were quite a few who attended for the first time. Maged and Guirgis in front of the manager I helped create from string and pieces of wood. Here is a real baby in the crib. Again, pictures of the manger that we build and children from the Nile River Branch. Here are some of the children from the branch sitting on the steps going into our church buildning. This is Jennifer, Phillip's daughter and Bianca, Basem's daughter. Phillip is investigating the church and Basem is a person who was baptized this year. Jennifer is a friend of Mariam's daughter, Daniella. We had a brief Christmas p...

  This is a circle near our apartment in El Maadi. Many of the circles here are decorated with lights for the Christmas season. On December 15 we traveled to Beni Suef to visit a NGO. On the return trip we stopped at the Medium Pyramid, which is one of the oldest pyramids in Egypt. As can be seen in the sign it was built before 2,500 years B.C. It was built in various stages and is not pointed like most of the famous pyramids. What was enjoyable was that we were the only people there and were able to have a tour into the depths of the pyramid. This is Kathleen and I in the middle of the passage to where the sepulcher was placed. The stairs were very long and steep.  Again, the steep stairway. Dave and Maire Whipple, the other missionary couple went with us. This is the final resting place of the pharaoh, who was buried here. The stairway leading down. The pyramid. The pyramid from a distance. Looks more like a hill. Kathleen and I holding Coptic bread they use for their mass. ...

  This is a butcher shop that is only a block away from our Nile River Branch Gathering Center. The Center is where we do a lot of teaching each week. The butcher shop intrigued me as the meat has no coverings in an area where there are lots of flies and, as can be seen many dogs near it. This is an Islamic school near the butcher shop. Many covered women congregate there each day to pick up there children. When school lets out the road is packed with children, women, tutus, and cars. This is the road that goes past our Center. The three wheel vehicle is a tutu and, of course, there is a vegetable cart on the right that is pulled by a donkey. Kathleen and I went to a school, the African Hope School, which we might help to buy chemistry equipment. One of our branch's mothers, Regina, went with us. This is an overpass on which you have to be aware because there are so many motorcycles driving on it. This is the library in the school we visited. This is one of the classes in the schoo...