Summer World Travel: Middle East

Hello everyone!  I must apologize for my absence.  A lot has happened in the last two years (wow, really?  2 years?  Crazy).  I realize that I made the rest of my posts for the 'Around the World' with Focus on the Family, but I never polished them and finished them so as to post them for all of you to be able to see!  Oh no!  So, here they are, very late.  I apologize for my tardiness.  All will be explained in a future post...

But first... ONWARD!

Hello again, and welcome here!  Are you travelling with us around the world with Focus on the Family?  If not, why not join in?  It is fun, and can be as simple as just following the itinerary they have themselves, or as complex as you wish to make it.  I decided to post the links to recipes and youtube videos that I am using with my own kids, as well as the maps and printables I made to go with the 'program' myself.  You can view those by clicking the links below.

Time for a Summer Adventure!
Summer World Travel: Ethiopia, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Summer World Travel:  Australia, New Zealand, PNG
Summer World Travel:  Asia
Summer World Travel:  Caribbean
Summer World Travel:  Eastern Europe/Central Asia

Summer World Travel:  South America

Summer World Travel:  North America
And so, our eighth week of our 'travels' took us to the Middle East.  

Egypt - Aug22

Proverbs 22:1 A  good name is to be chosen rather than great riches, and favor is better than silver or gold.

This time, when I read the clues the kids figured this country out on their own.
They colored their flags, found Egypt on our map, and worked with their stamps and passports.  We listened to the national anthem, and watched a few videos on the Pyramids here, here is another one, and yet another.  There was also a fun episode of Cyberchase that had an Egypt theme you can watch here.

I managed to write down the kids prayers this time.

    Bram - I pray for the people in egypt that they won't be killed because they love You.  I pray that they will be able to live so they can tell others about you and more people will love you.
    M - I pray for Egypt that they won't be killed anymore, and I pray for Focus on the Family to help more and more people there.

For breakfast, I made Ful Medames.

Lebanon - Aug 23

Psalm 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon;

1Thess 5:16-18  Rejoice always, ¹⁷ pray continually, ¹⁸ give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

Besides our usual map and flag work, we played the 'bounce' game.  I could not bounce the ball on my head!  Barely did 2 bounces.  We found balloons much easier.

Here are the kids prayers:
    Bram - That Christians would be able to talk to non-Christians so that they could become Christians and that people won't kill others because they are angry.
   M - I pray that the Christians will love their neighbors even if they do bad things and they will be able to teach about God.

Here are some links to a few videos we watched.
National Anthem
Baalbek (and here, here, and here)     
Schools          
10 places to visit in Lebanon 

We learned a new word... alhamdoolilah - praise to God.  For supper I made shawarma and tihini sauce... with peanut butter instead.  

Israel - Aug 24
I made chakchouka for supper only I had no peppers, so I put in carrots and celery.
We did our usual map and flag work, and the kids prayed.  I love reading what they have prayed!  I am so glad I wrote these down.
M - I pray for Israel that the people will stop fighting, and that You will protect the Christians there
Bram - I pray that the wars will stop, and that people will leave Islam and follow God, and that there will be more Christians.

We played hold the rope and read 1Cor 12:12-31.  We then looked at a sabre fruit, which I must admit, is quite interesting.

We watched a video about schools and another video of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

That is it for this week.  One more week to go!