More on Sharm el-Sheikh

On Thursday we took time to tour a beautiful new church that is nearing completion in Sharm. There are already a couple of mosques in the two but this will be the first church for Christians to worship in. There is an attached "hotel" for people serving the church and for visitors to rent. There is also a small complex of shops and food vendors to help supplement the income of the congregation in Sharm. There is a sanctuary completed in the basement of the church and the main worship area is still under construction but it will be wonderful when it is completed. All of the floors are tile or stone and the walls that are not painted with murals or covered with stained glass are all stucco.

Supposedly the mother of the richest man in Egypt, oddly enough he is a Christian, is constructing the church. I think there is supposed to be some type of endowment fund for maintenance but don't know for sure. There certainly won't be any cost for heat. There may be some for cooling some of the areas in the church though. Even though it was only spring here the temperatures were already reaching into the 80s F during the day, though it was still cooling off substantially during the evenings.

We stayed at the Gafy Resort run by Days Inn while we were in Sharm. It was certainly the nicest Days Inn I ever stayed at. Two meal a day were included in the price of the rooms, breakfast and dinner. All of the meals were served buffet style. The cuisine was varied and even included some Egyptian foods. In general the food was good but nothing to write home about. Wednesday's evening meal was better tasting than Thursday's. Why? I have no idea, but it was.