Pictured above is SSG Davis, my chaplain assistant and one of my Egyptian heroes, Ali. Its men like Ali who have made my deployment comfortable. Ali is the man who has cleaned our Chapel since day one. We adopted Ali and his family and showed him the love of Christ, something he had never experienced. We showered Ali with Christmas gifts (his first time ever), celebrated his birthday with a party in the Chapel and sang him happy birthday (his first time ever), and most importantly shared the gospel with him. In fact Ali, has read the entire Baptist Faith and Message in Arabic. Ali, like many Egyptian MFO employees lives in Cairo and only sees his family about 10 days a month and collects a monthly paycheck that we would consider an insult.
We love Ali and will miss him when we leave. In fact Ali can't even talk about us leaving without crying.
Take the time to thank a person who does the work we all take for granted.
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