Dear Friends,

            Many of you know me, some of you may not. Either way, you definitely know Maida and Magdy. I am writing this message on their behalf. More than likely we know them from having been under their discipleship in a DTS. I know for me, Maida was the school leader of my DTS. During my DTS I realized the power of her words, lifestyle, and influence to disciple me in the most amazing ways. Looking back now, and having been both of their friends for quite some time I realize that I learn so much from both of them just by watching their lives, their intimacy with God, their desire for Jesus.

I am writing this guys, because I know we have all been touched by them in our lives. There is something that in just being who they are they have imparted to our spiritual walk. I love talking to Magdy about his passion for Egypt and seeing the burning for Jesus in his eyes. I love his laughter that fills a room. I love the way Maida smiles with her eyes closed. The way she says “You’re in trouble you man”, but most of all the way that she counsels me to grow and press into God. Perhaps you have been affected, changed, blessed, or loved by these two wonderful people.

Maida and Magdy have been serving the body of Christ for years and years. They have raised money in different ways over the years, but have never had a very strong base of supporters. This past year I felt the Lord put it on my heart to support Maida and Magdy monthly. When I talked to them about it they were overjoyed about it saying they had been praying for supporters for quite some time. Just a few months ago God put it on my heart to be a voice for them to past students, communicating their need for supporters. I talked to Maida and she was very touched saying that she had been praying for quite some time that someone could come along to help communicate their need.

You might ask “Why don’t they communicate their need themselves?”. There are 2 reasons: 1)In their Middle Eastern culture such a direct asking for financial support is an idea that is very hard to swallow. They will be the first to tell you that they are taking efforts to step out in this area, just this past year they sat with a handful of potential donors to talk about supporting them. However, it is a challenging process that they are working through. 2)Maida and Magdy are definitely in the 21^st century, but they are probably not as technological as most of us. Things like xanga, mass update emailings, databases, etc are concepts they are just learning how to utilize to keep up with supporters. I offered my services because I know how to use these tools to get the word out about them a lot faster than they would know how to use it at this point.