On to the Bus Station in Cairo

It was amazing I had for days been trying to wake up early to go to Mugamma to get a reentry visa and renew the visa I had but was always so tired. Finally yesterday was do or die, I had been toying with the idea of travelling to Israel since I met a girl who will be returning there from Egypt as well as one of the smartest guys I've met who also came from Israel to Cairo.

I waited in line, went back and forth, up and down the stairs in the Mugamma building back and forth for what seemed like forever but was in fact about 3 hours, then I had to come back after another hour to get my passport with a reentry visa. Surprisingly the workers were very friendly although it was very busy. Also I believe they liked that I spoke to them in Arabic. I was told by a British girl there that it normally takes 4 days to get your visa renewed. So when I told her I was going to get it renewed and get a reentry visa in the same day she just laughed. Well I had the last laugh as I left the Mugamma, when I turned away from the window, I saw her sitting, she was still waiting, simply for a stamp from one of the workers!

I then headed after class to the Bus station and was able to buy a ticket to the border.

It is about 2.5 hours until my bus leaves to Nuweiba, I will get off earlier at Taba and will cross into Israel, take a taxi to Eliat and then take a bus to Jerusalem where I have everything booked for 4 days. It will be amazing, I cannot wait!!!!1

Israel is my spiritual home, I feel as if I am spiritually a Jew, although in fact I am a Christian. It may sound stupid, but I would sacrifice my life for Israel, more so than America. There is no other nation that has such a special purpose, such an amazing history, such an amazing people. I mean, a people who were scattered throughout the earth, just as the Bible states will occur, and then they will return to their homeland, a nation born in a day. May 14, 1948. The day God shined a light on the world, returning the valley of dry bones to life.

A people who live in the same land they had lived in 2000 years ago, after being scattered throughout the earth, being persecuted wherever they went, a small people accounting for an absolutely disgusting amount of Nobel Peace Prizes, being a light to all nations even when they didn't have a nation, being a light to the nations wherever they settled, or wandered, Oh How they must have envied their ancestors who wandered in the desert for "only" 40 years. Speaking the same language, worshipping the same God, and living among their enemies, again. It is truly a miracle this state exists. Israel's existence after 1900 years of exile is the closest thing there is to proof in God. It is utterly amazing, now really think about it, read about it, study it, see it for yourself, pickup up a Bible, read Genesis, and read about Israel in the Bible, read the texts yourselves. If thats the only thing you learn about from the Bible, LEARN it. Learn about Israel.

With Love to all,

Matt