At 6:30 this morning, we heard an announcement from the mosque's prayer tower, but weren't clear as to what it was. When we arrived at school, we understood: a snow day!
Read MoreWe were pulled aside before having our bags x-rayed - clearly someone was being trained, and we looked like just the folks to train on. They asked a lot of questions about where we stayed, who watched our bags, then more about our work - whom did we know, did we have friends or phone numbers...our computer bag was triple-searched, and Marthame's visa was scrutinized - all of which kept us from meeting our taxi.
Read MoreWe spent the morning at Jerash, the Roman ruins in one of the old cities of the Decapolis, Gerase.
Read MoreClearly, this is where the jet-setters of Amman come to catch up on the latest fashions.
Read MoreToday is our last full day in Egypt, meaning we've got to get at least one thing in: the pyramids!
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The Wadi itself is famous for its salt-processing, and also for its monasteries.
Read MoreWe lounged about at the Red Sea, finding it warm enough (but too late) to swim.
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Since it was New Year's Eve, the usual dinner was postponed until later in the evening for a spectacular banquet with all kinds of meats and cheeses and delicacies and desserts.
Read MoreWe spent most of the day in Coptic Cairo. Centered around Mar Girgis church (St. George's), this is Cairo's Old City and is where many of its historical churches are.
Read MoreToday was spent with our friends, but that didn't mean that we didn't get our share of sight-seeing in.
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Today we did one thing: the Egypt Museum.
Read MoreOur resting place for the time we are here is Evangelical Theological Seminary in Cairo.
Read MoreSeems appropriate somehow to leave the troubled land of Palestine/Israel after Christmas with a little jaunt to Egypt, as Mary and Joseph saw fit to do.
Read MoreChristmas morning also means worship.
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Greeting everyone with Merry Christmas was a wonderful gift to us.
Read MoreMarthame managed to infect the laptop with a particularly nasty virus, one which arrives when the computer is dropped on the marble floor.
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Roswell Presbyterian Church, one of our supporting congregations, sponsored a Christmas party for the children.
Read MoreBaba and Mama Noel were on their way to the hall in Zababdeh to distribute gifts to the children!
Read MoreMarthame then headed off with the Christian men of the village to greet the sheikh of Zababdeh in recognition of 'Eid al-Fitir.
Read MoreToday is much the same as yesterday - no telephone, no internet; we feel so cut-off from the world.
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