The saga continues...

Hello from Amman, Jordan! We just arrived today. It's been a quite unique and exciting trip to Jordan, and that's only with the border crossing! Jeff and I got to ride in an armor plated Suburban (windshields about 2 inches thick and a blast door for a trunk) from Jerusalem to the border of Jordan. We then got dumped off at customs, stood in line for more then an hour to travel literally 10 feet for a stamp in our passport, hopped onto a bus, got dropped off right before the Jordanian border (about 4km of no-man's land between Israel and Jordan), and was stopped and told we couldn't cross because we didn't have visas. Luckily we had some amazing connections (Jackie's cousins) who had got the chief of the border customs to call the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get us OK'd to go into Jordan without visas. We waited a long time as calls were made and finally we got clearance. We shook hands with the Chief and left in another armored Suburban.

Kid's camp was really fun and I met a lot of great people who took time out of their lives to serve these kids. I had four 13 year old boys in my room. There were really great kids. They had a lot of questions and they talked a lot too. It was also really great to work with the kitchen staff and help them out. It was good to be able to stay in one place for longer then 24 hours.

Jeff and I will be staying in Jordan for several days exploring here and there. Especially Petra. I'll post more pictures when I can. Below is a picture I took in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Old City Jerusalem. (If you didn't know you can always click on the little picture below to see the big picture)