MENA Egypt-Sudan Field Stewardship Council, in Cairo, Egypt, February 11-16, 2019. Three Stewardship Ministries directors: at the top of the SDA Ramses Center with the Ramses Mosque in the back: Akram Khan (Egypt-Sudan Field); Kheir Boutros (MENA); and Pastor Marcos Bomfim (GC). Eriny and Girgis Malak, a ministerial couple in Cairo, Egypt! They passionately shared how they decided to put God first and test Him by practicing tithing just after marriage and how He showed Himself marvelously to them! This elder of the church in Egypt, from upper Egypt, raises and sells sheep. He said he was very happy to participate in the seminar, learning how to put God first and recognize Him through the act of tithing. Kheir Boutros, MENAU Stewardship director, presents a devotional at the Egypt-Sudan Field Stewardship Council in Cairo, Egypt. Put God first. Central SDA Church in Cairo, Egypt, next to the Egypt-Sudan Mission and venue for the Stewardship Council for all pastors and workers of the field until Wednesday. We are learning together to put God first. Participants of the Egypt-Sudan Mission Stewardship Council (pastors and workers). This is the SDA Heliopolis Church in Cairo, located in a neighborhood believed to include the house of Joseph’s father-in-law, “Om.” In the ancient Egyptian language this means “city of the sun.” Lunchtime with participants of the God First Stewardship Seminar at the Ramses Center in Cairo, Egypt. Minaret of the huge Ramses Mosque in the back. Preparing a tithe and offerings envelope in order to worship God at the Ramses Adventist church in Cairo, Egypt. This field’s self-supporting rate is about 30 percent, which means that tithes and missionary offerings from around the world are keeping them moving forward. “In the Middle East, when we take a #oath, we swear by the bread we share,” says Kheir Boutros, himself an Egyptian (2nd left) and the MENAU Stewardship director. During lunch they shared a typical upper Egypt food: a special bread, egg, cheese, tahine, and molasses. Three Brazilian SDA missionaries in Cairo, at the Egypt-Nile Field Stewardship Council. Missionaries in Egypt after praying at the home of Marcos and Ana. Dude, at my side, is an Egyptian and a Christian young woman who sometimes assists them. Kheir Boutros, MENAU Stewardship Director, presents now a devotional at the Egypt-Sudan Field Stewardship Council, in Cairo, Egypt. Put God first.