Jordan!

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Hey everyone!


So, after a long delay, we've finally established our blog for our time in Jordan. There is limited internet access here, so we hadn't taken the time to set something up until now. Also, just FYI - the (Ch) means Chris is writing while the (Cl) will indicate Clarke.


We've been in Jordan now for about 6 days (arrived Tuesday at 10:30 AM). Things have been going well, we've been getting the lay of the town and settling down some. We met up with our friends Matt Clason and Gene Wolske, and have been seeing Gene regularly the last few days. We'll start teaching English on Wednesday next week, after doing student registrations on Monday and Tuesday.


This is a shot of our apartment (at least the dining room/living room part of it), where we'll be staying for the next 2.5 months. We also have a roommate named Jeremiah, who is studying Arabic at a school here. He's actually a northwest native, so it's perfect.


In addition to these rooms, we've got a full kitchen, two bathrooms, two bedrooms (Jeremiah is in one and we share the other), a large balcony with an incredible view, and our own washing machine. Yeah, I know we're really roughing it out here :)

In terms activities, things have been pretty lax for now. We've had a few sessions with Gene and Matt, helping us learn the culture here and giving us some crash course lessons in teaching ESL. We visited a church picnic/lunch, and went to a church youth sevice last night. We've been around town quite a bit, learning how to shop, take the bus, and generally live life here. (This picture is a partial view from our balcony).

In general, we've been having a great time. Our real classes start next week, so please remember us in your prayers!