Border - Mt. Nebo - Madaba

The border crossing was an interesting experience. The group I am with is very fun and was playing games was we waited to go through customs. the process was very careful. First, our bus arrived at a station where our passports went through some time of verification process. We then went to a different part of the station and waited in line to go through customs with security scanners, border agents and questions. We got through rather quickly considering the size of our group. Once we were in Jordan we had to go through another passport verification process and then we were free to move on. In short the border process was a lot smoother than i expected despite having a lot of different steps. Unfortunately we couldn’t take any pictures of the border.

Scuba Steve - Philliam

Mt. Nebo is the location where Moses overlooked the holy land before dying(being translated). It was an interesting experience. In our old testament class we had been studying Moses and the Children of Israel. I had always felt bad for Moses for not ever being able to enter into the promised land and inherit what he had worked for all of his life. Upon arriving at Mt. Nebo and seeing the promised land I was able to think that perhaps Moses would have felt relieved instead of disappointed. And this because he had fulfilled his mission and would be able to move on from the temporal and seemingly unpredictable problems that the children of Israel would have from then on. It was a beautiful place and it overlooked the Jordan Valley, including the Jordan River and the Dead Sea.

Freddy - Anna - Paris - Philliam

Madaba is a place where an old mosaic map was found in the floor of a church. The map dates from the 6th century and is actually an accurate map of that time period. It helped to reveal the layout of several cities, despite being partly destroyed!

This is our professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies. As you can see, he is AWESOME!