Surfers embark on Middle East trip, Bangladesh outreach 0
Aloha from Surfing The Nations! Or should I say A Salaam Aleikum (Arabic greeting), or Shalom (‘Peace'” Hebrew) After returning from the latest STN international trip it’s hard to make one general greeting to sum up a trip that has taken place in an assortment of countries.
From Egypt to Jordan and then on to Israel, the 2008 Middle East trip has taken 19 surfers on a journey to reach out to and experience various people groups in a unique way.
Our first leg of the journey began in Egypt. Busy streets and smog filled horizons and surrounded us as we toured through Cairo, meeting locals in tea shops and talking it up with busy market vendors. The Egyptians are truly warm, engaging us as their new foreign friends with the same hospitality as if we were family.
Along with visiting the ancient Egyptian pyramids another highlight of our time in Egypt was visiting an orphanage in a community that relies on garbage recycling for it’s livelihood. We couldn’t help but feel compassion as toddlers and children with disabilities yearned for loving attention from us.
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