So I just received this email from the "country representatives" in Egypt. They're the closest thing I'll have to supervisors while I'm there. It pretty well describes what is in store for me once I get there, so I'll just past it here.

Some acronym help -- "MCC" stands for "Mennonite Central Committee". That's the organization I am volunteering with.
Oh... and "Tanta" is a city in Egypt. It's the 5th largest in terms of population and is about 1 1/2 hours away from both Cairo and Alexandria.

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It is still our plan "A" for you to go to Tanta. Their English program
has been dormant. In our most recent meetings there it was decided to
wait until summer to start it up again with a bang. In Spring it might
just limp along because so many of the potential students are university
students and the period between Easter and university final exams is
not long enough to have a full session. Though everyone that we have
spoken to is very enthusiastic about your coming, words will have to be
accompanied by actions and between now and the summer the church in Tanta
will either demonstrate or not that it really wants to have an English
program. They would of course love you (and MCC) to come and take
charge, but we have learned from experience that that is not the best
situation. The program has to really belong to the church (albeit with us
supplying an extremely important piece, a full time native speaking
foreign teacher). We are optimistic that things are coming together. If not,
there are programs in Cairo that would like to have you help them.

So, even if the February CELTA is a go, the current plan would be for
you to remain in Cairo for about three months after that. We would want
you to teach EFL part time in a Cairo program and give a major emphasis
to learning Arabic.

If there is not an immediate CELTA (or similar) training opportunity,
we would ask our current MCC teachers in Cairo to put together some
training for you. There would be a mix of observation and practice. That
might sound scary but do know that in the past many MCC EFL teachers have
started cold (but alone with a "full" load!) and only later picked up
the CELTA to help them round out their skills. It isn't easy but I think
you might be surprised at how well it would go. Of course it is even
more ideal for the CELTA to happen first and that is still our hope.