ON THE WAY TO IRAQ
NAME: ADLY ATTALLA GOUDA….ELSHARQAWI, TANTA, SAID:
I TRAVELLED VIA SEA IN 1989. I TOOK WITH ME SOME BOOKS AND PICTURES OF POPE
KYROLLOS. IN THE AKABA MARINA, IN JORDON , I WAS DETAINED IN A ROOM TOGETHER
WITH SEVEN OTHER PASSENGERS. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE WERE PROHIBITED FROM
TRAVELLING OUTSIDE OF EGYPT. THEREFORE WE WERE TO TRAVEL ON THE SAME SHIP BACK
TO EGYPT. IN A MOMENT OF ANGER, I TOOK ONE OF POPE KYROLLOS’ BOOKS AND STARTED
TO TALK TO HIS HOLLINESS SAYING “HOW COULD YOU UPSET MY CHILDREN AND I. WHERE DO
WE GO NOW, AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO?. PLEASE BE WITH ME”. WHILE I WAS PRAYING, A
POLICE OFFICER CAME TO TAKE ME TO AN IMPORTANT OFFICER. THIS OFFICER ASKED ME
ABOUT MY NAME THEN GAVE ME MY PASSPORT BACK. I TRAVELLED TO IRAQ, WHILE THE
OTHER SEVEN PASSENGERS WERE TAKEN BACK TO EGYPT. I WAS SAVED THROUGH THE
INTERCESSIONS OF THIS BELOVED SAINT.
BELIEVE AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE SERIES
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