Rolling, Rolling, Rolling - May 25th

Everyone is dying. According to Michael T., we've got the high-steppin-side-windin-Egyptian-hebie-gebies (i.e. diarrhea) and Holy-Land-Body-Rot (i.e. fly bites). The healthy people are eating ice cream and the diarrhea toll continues to rise. Those among the victims are: Heidi, Raymond, Janae, Mandi, Amy, and Brother Gunnerson. Okay so it's not quite that terrible, but a lot of people are sick.

We were able to sleep in this blessed morning and are now on the bus trying to escape the streets of Cairo. We are filling up with gas and then it is a six hour dive to Sinai. Priesthood holders are assisting the sick by administering blessings to those who are sick. Okay, so we just left someone for dead—we felt it would be easier to run for the border if we left someone as bait for the Egyptians. So, when Melissa got off the bus to get some Sprite we drove off and left her behind. To tell the truth she came out of the store and our police escorts picked her up and brought her to us.

We’re still driving (there's been a lot of that today…) and listening to Brother Gunnnerson educate us about the Egyptian endowment--fascinating. Jody shared a really cool story about how she taught the hotel manager a discussion and gave him a Book of Mormon.

We drove under the Suez Canal and had lunch and got ripped off. We continue to wind through the barren mountainous wasteland of the Sinai Peninsula and reaching our final destination for the evening—the Morganland Village just outside of St. Catherine’s Monastery. What a place to wander for 40 years!