Planning for Evacuation

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Now that I have your attention...

Actually, we attended a team meeting with our worker friends as they planned for evacuation (in the event that sometime in the future such a thing might be necessary), which turned out to be quite the hilarious meeting.

Anyways, at the young adults group last Saturday, the youth leader asked one of us to speak in front of the group. After much deliberation in the back of the room, I decided I would share. I started speaking right away. The translator stopped me, explaining I needed to speak slower and in intervals. All in all, it went over well.

Then on Sunday, we traveled to Petra. We went with Al and Dorene Holland (Matt Boda's in-laws), who are staying in Jordan to help teach ESL along with some other tasks. We took off early Sunday morning, around 6, on a tourist bus. It took about 3 hours of travel to make it to Petra, and after a little confusion (Once off the bus, no one tells you how to actually "Enter" Petra), we started making our way through the narrow canyon walls that lead to the famous structure called the Treasury (you might remember it from Indiana Jones 3, in the scene where they enter the city carved into the hillside at the end of the movie). It was, in the words of some of my friends, pretty much amazing. There are some pictures up on the photobucket of our adventure to say much more than I could with words. Al and Dorene were kind enough to offer to pay for our lunch at the restraurant, which turned out to be a delicious buffet. Unfortunately, we took on the most ambitious leg of our trek after the gargantuan feast. We made our way up about 1000 steps to the monastery at one of the highest points at Petra. It definitely helped us sleep on the way back. Despite the fact that we were seated above the wheel, where we were obnoxiously rocked the whole way back.

Tonight we had a meal with the LeTexiers and some other friends. It was delicious! Tomorrow we will spend the day getting ready for Coffee Shop, where we are sending off one of the teachers who is getting married back in the States.
Wish us luck!