Jordan is a really nice country. I was impressed with the cleanliness of Amman, the capital. Amman is the modern city of Ammon in the Bible. We went to the place were Bathsheba's husband Urriah was slain in battle (after King David sent him to die.) The shop keepers & little kids there were so kind and always wanted to practice English with us. A few of them asked to take pictures with me and would said, 'You are so beautiful." They were so beautiful...dark hair and skin and big brown eyes.
We saw several school groups on their field trips and it was so fun because at one place we had a big dance party with them. We were in an ancient outdoor Roman theater with a bunch of different school groups who were being loud. Our tour guide wanted us to sing a hymn & so we sang , "The Spirit of God" in the middle of the theater. The 15 year old girls (students) all came around and started filming us with their cell phones. Then some bagpipers came started playing, "Amazing Grace" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and then other fun songs. We all started dancing and some of the young veiled Arab girls started dancing with us. They were sooo precious and laughing with us. I won't ever get bored of dance parties in ancient ruins with people from around the world.
We stayed in such beautiful hotels and Danielle, Tessa and I felt like princesses. I've been braiding and styling all of the girls hair here and loving it. I did Tessa & Danielle's hair, Danielle did our makeup and we got all dressed up and went out. It was really fun!
Only two weeks until I come home. I'm loving my experiences here. I also think I'll be ready to start my life again in Centerville when I return. I'll be working for my Dad for the next year and finishing up my degree in Communications. We have the rest of our finals this next week and then we'll learn all about the last week of the Savior's life.
I've felt such a sweet spirit at these places and in my personal scripture study. I know that Christ was a person that walked these places and performed these miracles. The people were astonished at His boldness and power and changed by His love. I love Him so much and know He can heal our hearts as we follow His commandment.
5 comments:
Enjoy every last minute! I am excited to see you.
I just emailed you to ask you a few questions and then I decided I should check your blog, which answered some of my questions :) Anyway, I'm so excited for you to come home! Enjoy your last bit and I can't wait to see you. Love ya!
I can't believe it's almost time for you to come home! I so enjoyed reading this post . . . I could almost close my eyes and be there with you, dancing my heart out at some ancient ruin! Enjoy the rest of your time in the Holy Land. I'm still curious if you have a guy named Cameron Ricks in your Jeru group.
Uh . . . that last comment was from me NOT Laura. She was signed in on my computer and I didn't notice. I hate it when that happens!
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