I was put in charge of a summer fun club for kids. Yes, that is what we named it–cheesy? I think so but that is ok. The first week went well and we are hoping we can top ourselves each week. Being in charge of something finally is nice. I use alot of my boy scout stuff like “thorns and roses” to help everyone express themselves. It is hard to get people to say how they are doing but once you get them talking on something you can help them say what they want. I am in charge of games and scout stuff. It’s funny–we plan about 4 games and we always only get to one game at a time. That is fine; it just means we can use them later.
I also went to another wedding last night. It was fun. A lot of guys were dancing the debki. You could join and not be the focus of attention. They were real bedoo, and it was nice.
My brother came to visit me. He arrived and his wife was to come about an hour after, but was delayed and her flight got cancelled; so we had to come back the next day to get her. Her bag didn’t get there, so instead of going ahead and going on to another place we just stayed at my house and went out to eat with some of my friends at a really neat bedo restaurant. The next day we went out to Mt. Nebo where Moses saw the promised land and then died. Afterward we went to the Dead Sea. Thankfully we had rented a car. That was the best thing for all the airport runs and we were able to do so much more in such a short time for they were only here for 6 days. The Dead Sea was nice. We drove down to Karak Castle of the Crusades era. We then drove down to Petra where we spent the night. That was a good idea so we could get in early enough the next morning when there weren’t many other people and we could do it a lot faster and get out befor the sun was going down. On the way back we all rode camels. That was nice. It was my first time to ride one. We then drove home and got to go to my best friend’s home and have real Arabic hostptality. We were served coffee, tea, juice, macloobi, and even argila. It was weird though, because it was the first time I have sat with his wife. Usually she is in the back, but because my sister-in-law was there, she sat with us. It was different and nice, because it was like I was accepted by the family. The next day we went to Jarash. It is the most well-preserved city from Roman times. It was very cool. I had never been. The next day I took my brother to the gym and we played some basket ball. That was fun. Then we had some tea at my neighbors. Then I took them to the airport, and off they went.