Dear readers, thats the situation that most local people of the red sea face. Their income is tourism and those working in a shop, restaurant , internet cafe or hotel will face extremely long working hours 7 days a week with out a break for months.
The bible teaches us to work for six days and rest one day a week, regardless of what you believe resting is part of staying healthy.
Looking to buy food on a Friday afternoon our team members encountered that most shops where close, to realize that it is prayer time for the Islam believers. They where invited in a open shop to find the workers to be Christians. They were two friends who worked in adjacent shops, who did not close for the Islam prayer time. The whole team met up with these two gentlemen and started to build relationship with them. We had the privilege of paying Egyptian price not tourist price in their store.
These men where hungry for fellowship being unable to attend church which is 100km away in the next town due to there working hours. We started meeting at 1:30 in the morning after they closed there shop for bible study and fellowship. Encouraging them to carry on meeting with other fellow believers in the same town. Even though they had only a few hours to sleep each night they sacrificed their sleep for the fellowship.
This is just one story of a few, I had the privilege to snorkel a few times and just enjoy the awesome underwater life of the red sea.
It was a privilege to spend the time there!
Thank you!