This story is a first-person account of Kim Moon's trip to Egypt excerpted from the May 6, 2009, issue of The SUN, Shenandoah University's campus newspaper.

As I sit here, contemplating the incredible possibilities of binary code, I realize it has exactly been 101 days since our 44th President Barack Hussein Obama took office. It just so happens I began my journey about the same time as he. However, I went off to the Moth­erland of Egypt.

Egypt is a vast country rich of culture, music and promises, thriving for centuries as it has attracted nomads of all backgrounds and interests from pre-dynasty, pre-biblical times and beyond.

Residing in Cairo —though a huge transition from mountain life —has al­lowed me to be reminded of how lucky I am to be an American. I’m so grateful to be in such a bustling city, and I’m al­ways passing someone who says, , “Hey, Amrekanee? Obama?!”

Yes, though I was completely and eagerly ready to leave the country of my birth, I am so incredibly proud of the possibilities to come when I return.

Wow! There isn’t one place I go in Egypt where I’m not immediately associated with Obama. They ask me, “Obama or Boosh…?”to which I give an immediate “Obama.”We laugh, agree and enjoy a moment of commonality.

 

The enthusiasm I feel from the locals in Egypt is amazing. I’m relieved to know the gates of Solomon are begin­ning re-open in favor of our country’s ability to correspond productively with the rest of the world. He is good, so they say…“Obama, howa kwayis!”

The great god, Ptah (worshiped since c. 3100 BC), creator god of Mem­phis (the capital city of ancient Egypt, and about 15 kilometers south of Cairo) is said to be the god of artisans, the god of thought, the god who created “maat-”divine order, the god from whom all life emerged, “Ta-tenen-”the land which became of the primeval waters, and the god who pronounced everything into being. He was also known as the god of intention.

What is gathered through all our senses goes right to the heart, where it is mulled over, and we become creators as we utter through our mouth, emotional intent.

Intention! Now that’s something to which we can all relate. No matter what our intentions, we’ve all got ’em. Most of all, we’ve got potential. All of us were made flesh from just an idea. We were a thought, which became an action, which released a possibility fertilized by more action, inevitably leading to our individual creation.

Of course, there will always be cha­os, the doubtful, the curious, but that’s what keeps us surrounded by the drive to balance. Just as ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians and Mayans were always trying to maintain balance in chaos, all life will follow that endeavor until the “end of time.”

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