Am I in Texas or Jordan?

Dallas Jewelers
Coming soon...Texas Chicken!

Jarash

Jarash is one of the Roman Decapolis cities. It is about 45 minutes from where I live and definitely worth a visit!

Roman road
Attacked by gladiators!

More signs...

I guess that Prayer Rooms are more imprtant here than toilets!

I went to school for 3 months befoe I realized it was a kindergarten!

Signs Around Town

You can buy fish at the "pit" shop

Get new "shose"
Get a haircut at the "Barbar"
Eat at the "Pup"...no thanks!

Dance lessons anyone??

More pictures of Wadi Rum

Spring has sprung!

Wisterias, roses and wildflowers are in bloom!

Easter Sunrise Service

Sunrise Easter service was held on Mt. Nebo. In Deteronomy 34, it says that Moses climbed Mt. Nebo and the Lord showed him the whole land...the land that was promised to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. The Lord said "I will let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cros into it".

More of Rockie's Family

This is Rockie's niece, Muna (sp?). She stole my heart!

Rockie's Family

For those of you that know Rockie, I spent the night and next day with her Mom and other family that lives in Jordan.

Rockie's crazy bother Mike!/Her brother Bash's daughters Sara and Serena


Below is Mike with his family


Me & Rockie's Mom

My Language Class

This is my language class. We have all bonded as we struggle with learning Arabic!

Wadi Rum

Our guide, Sallam, writing our names in Arabic in the sand, the red dessert, camels at sunset, the bridge.

Wadi Rum is where Lawrence of Arabia lived. The contrast in the rocks and dessert is amazing. We spent the day with our guide touring the area by jeep. In the evening we camped in a Bedouin camp. It was a great cultural experience!

Arab Woman Today Networking Conference

This week was the annual networking conference held by Arab Woman Today ministries. This years conference was titled Prosperous Women Promoting Progress. The main topic was about the social welfare of women in the Middle East and North Africa. Because of school I was only able to attend the first evening and last afternoon. I was blessed to be able to hear about these women's ministries in their countries. The women were from Sudan, Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Iraq.

The first picture is Julianna. She is my "across the hall" neighbor. She sings with a Christian group and led the worship the first evening. The next photo is Ruba, director of Arab Woman Today.

Taxi Driver

I found a taxi diver that will pick me up every morning and take me to school. His name is Mousa. He is very kind and not too intrusive into my life. But since he takes me to school everyday, we have started conversing a little bit. He always asks if it is OK for him to ask me questions and he gives me the option not to answer if I don't want to, which is nice. He had a fender bender while taking me to school yesterday. It was pouring rain and he had to get me another taxi (which is very hard in the rain!) and he was late for a meeting he had at the University. I now have the opportunity to tell him that I prayed for him after the accident, so maybe it will open up spiritual conversations. He has a degree in computer science and is looking for that type of work.

I have started a collection of candy that taxi drivers give me. I'm not sure why they give me candy, but yesterday I got a whole chocolate bar! This is not good for my figure!

Snow Day!!!

In the mornings I set my alarm for 1 hour before I have to start getting dressed in order to turn on the heat to the water so that I can have a hot shower. Rather than staying up and having my quiet time or exercising, I reset my alarm and go back to sleep. Sometimes, the heat does not come on and the building janitor has to flip the switch to the boiler in the basement, but it still takes about 45 minutes to heat. Today was one such morning, so I had a quick cold shower and got ready for school. My taxi driver called and said he was not coming because it was snowing outside. I opened my blinds and it was snowing....hard! So we have a snow day from school. Amman is like Texas, if it is snowing, everything shuts down! So I went up to the roof, took these pictures, had the janitor flip the switch to my boiler to warm up my place a little and prepare to study for the day.

Neighbors

These are my neighbors that you will hear me talk alot about. The first 2 pics are Rawand. She is 5 and as her pictures show she is quite the actress. Next is Raghand. She is 10 and very shy. Last is Rand. She is 12 and does a large part of the translating for her Mom and I!