visitor from Egypt

In mid-December we invited a couple from Egypt to come visit the US at Christmas time. Because of scheduling conflicts with our travel to Louisiana and their availability to travel because of work, we didn't think we were going to get to see John and Rania. They flew into NY before Christmas and also visited friends in Tennessee. Rania's plan was to leave at the beginning of January and John was going to be able to stay an extra week. As of Friday morning, the 4th, John called saying that he wouldn't be able to make it down to Fort Worth. Around 7 p.m. Friday night I received a text message on my phone saying that he would be flying in alone on the following day around noon. WHAT?!?!! We had little food in the fridge and the guest bed's sheets hadn't been washed since our last visitors, I had a birthday brunch with some friends on Saturday morning, and we were on our way to enjoy a movie with friends that night. Well, thanks to my fabulously helpful husband, we got the house ready, sheets washed, I went to the grocery store, and we got to enjoy the movie and I enjoyed the brunch...all just in the nick of time for our guest! Oh, did I mention that Daniel also checked on the internet to see what we could do to entertain John and show him a bit of a cultural view of Texas?!!


Daniel found...a RODEO! It was a first for John, and he was amazed by it all! He was thrilled that we had a spare cowboy hat for him to don. That was Saturday night. Sunday we went to church, where he shared a bit about the work of God in Egypt, then that evening we took him to Cattleman's Steakhouse and walked around downtown. He only stayed a couple of days, but hopefully we showed him a good time here in the big Fort Worth!