Jason finally returned from his trip to Jordan on Saturday afternoon. He arrived in Texas late (after 23 hours of travel) because of mechanical problems on one of the airplanes. Here are some photos of his trip. There were a bunch more, but I just tried to include the most interesting. I've put captions below most of them according to what he has told me.
Amman, Jordan
Amman, Jordan
Sunrise in Jordan
Arabic writing on the back of this van, we were joking that it says "Wash Me"
Outskirts of Amman
Aren't we blessed to have such nice houses to live in?
The Jordan River
Everything on the other side of the fence across the river is the country of Israel.
These caves in the background are similar to what they believe John the Baptist lived in.
Their tour guide is the man on the left.
The catholic church seems to either own or have some sort of control over this site where they believe Jesus was baptized. Currently the water is diverted from this part of the river while the Catholic church is doing some construction on the site. The little pool of water on the right is the spot in the river where they believe Jesus was baptized, how they would prove that, I don't know. It is kind of interesting anyway.
The Dead Sea, lowest point of elevation on the earth.
Jason during training operations.
Lamb burger (everything they ate was lamb or chicken.)
View from the top of Mount Nebo.
1 comment:
Those are awesome pictures! I'm sure that was a trip of a lifetime for Jason. Brandon went to Israel when we graduated from high school, but it's been too dangerous to ever consider going back. It really is amazing that Jason went there. By the way, normally he looks like nice, friendly Jason, but the picture with the gun was a bit intimidating!
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