Goodbye Jordan

WE'RE COMING HOME!!!! We'll try to clean up a little first : )

We ended the trip yesterday at one of Herod's many desert fortresses located in Jordan - Machaerus. From the top of the mountain, you can look out across the Dead Sea into Israel. This is the palace where Herod imprisoned John the Baptist before beheading him in his banquet hall. It was a pretty powerful way to tie things together. Something that hit me was the fact that John lived everyday boldly doing what he was put on earth to do. I've always just looked at the day of his death as his sacrificial obedience, but he was that way every day.

Last night was went to a fancy fish restaurant. I love the way they eat here. They serve food communal style bringing out lots of dishes of olives, cheeses, hummus - all sorts of good stuff and you put what you want on your plate and dip your fresh yummy pita bread into it and eat up. I don't know what all we ate, but it was good. About the time we thought the meal was over, they brought out the main course - fish, lamb and chicken. We stayed the night at the most fancy hotel of the trip - luggage was put through x-ray machine before we could go in.

Camel conversations . . .

So we're sitting at the airport in Amman waiting to board. We are starting to say goodbye to film crew and audience group as some of us are already flying different directions. One more hotel in Chicago, then God-willing home to SA tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks for sharing the trip with us!
Cathi & Scott