Mission Work in Egypt

Scripture tells us that whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord, and He will repay him for his deed (Proverbs 19:17). But most importantly Jesus said that whatever you do for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me (Matthew 25:40). A few months after arriving here in the Sinai I was put in contact with a British lady named Maxine who provides food and clothing to this leporosy colony in Egypt. We have been able to provide an assortment of items to this colony right here from South Camp Chapel. It's become our mission project during this deployment.

Although leprosy is on the verge of extinction and many people totally forgot about this disease, there are still some leprosaria or leprosy colonies as they are often called. This leprosy colony is in Abu Zaabal, 40km north of Cairo. About 850 patients are still living there, and another 3,000-4,000 cured lepers are living in the adjoining Abdel Moneim Riad village. The woman in the above picture is Warda and has lived there for 35 years.

This is Shiekh who has been there for the last 63 years, he is blind, with a disfigured mouth, nose, and limbs.