Tukei, my Ugandan friend who just graduated from ETSC. He has since returned to Uganda.

Al Azhar Mosque as seen from Al Azhar Park.

Brice, "Ramsis," and Tukei at Al Azhar Park.

Me, Tukei and Ramsis, with Al Azhar Mosque in the background.

You can spot these public water stations all throughout Cairo. Cairenes commonly use the communal cup to drink. Yes, complete strangers use the same cup over and over throughout the day.

For the sci-fi fans out there, I've discovered something interesting about the book 'Dune' by Frank Herbert. Earlier in the year I was reading the book when I came to page 351 in my paperback where one of the Fremen proclaims, "We are the people of Misr." Misr (pronounced Mah-sir) is the Arabic word for Egypt. The Fremen are Egyptians! Here is a gas station across the street from where I live that bears the word, transliterated into English.

Sung Min, a Christian from Korea prepared a sumptuous Korean meal for us.

Adl, the boab (guard) at ETSC was dressed up in his finest for the weekend of graduation.

Construction continues on the library at ETSC.

A typical lay pastor class at ETSC. This one is being taught by Sami Ayad.

The seminary kids were playing a game of Red Rover.

Me and Tukei.

Brice, Tukei and I scarf down Sung Min's Korean food with chopsticks.

An ETSC graduate trying on his cap and showing off his robes.

Tukei at the cook out, wearing his Ugandan minister's robes.

The cookout was filled with the excitement of graduates ready to move on and the eagerness of this foreigner to chow down.

This nice man tempted us for an hour and a half with marvelous scents of grilled meat.

This ETSC graduate and his fiancé spoke to me at the cookout. She is from Israel and he is from Egypt. I got mixed up in a lighthearted argument about which country is better.

The folks from Peachtree Presbyterian arrived and we took them on a tour of Coptic Cairo. Here are the ruins of the old Roman fortress.

Folks from Peachtree Pres.

Inside a Coptic Orthodox church in Coptic Cairo.

A kitty-cat made himself at home on my table at a café in Coptic Cairo.

This beautiful red flower is in bloom all over Cairo.

One of the larger cave churches in Moquattam.

The largest cave church in Moquattam.

Carvings on the sides of the "hills" in Moquattam.

Jesus, bearing the Alpha and Omega symbols.

A church building in Moquattam.

The Ten Commandments were carved in Arabic, near the top of the cliff.

Coptic Orthodox Christian women leaving a funeral service at one of the cave churches.

ETSC graduation, 2006

One of my presentations was projected on the large screen during the graduation ceremonies.

The whole group from Peachtree Pres. posing with some friends they made at ETSC.

More western establishments with their Arabic logos. I'm a logo nerd.

This billboard on the side of the road was intriguing. I found out later that it is an and for the Mobinil cell phone company. On the left you can see a woman from Lower Egypt, where the vegetation is lush, staying "connected" with the woman from Upper Egypt, where the land is dry and barren.

Minarets of a new mosque under construction.

I saw this owl on the side of the Step Pyramid of Zozer on a recent trip.

There was another one that was hunting pigeons.