Moses Supposes. . . .

Sometimes life is crazy and you find yourself where Moses actually might have been supposing.:)

The "traditional" spot where Moses struck the rock and water sprang forth. Water still comes from the spring, pretty cool. "Traditional" is a word often used around the Middle East. It really means they don't know if it's the real spot, but


As we drove away from Wadi Musa, we found ourselves facing one of the first fortresses of the crusades. Fascinating.


The people of Jordan are super nice, and most are super poor. 90% of Jordan is desert and water is priceless. In fact they can only pump water into a cistern at their house for two days, and that is all they get for the week. Almost everything is imported, however, they do make money from phosphate exports used for medicine, explosives, and fertilizer. They also grow olives and tons of tomatoes and potatoes.


Next stop Madaba, where the Greek Orthodox built a church around the famous 1500 year old mosaic map. Random fact, the Greek Orthodox churches don't have any statues in them, only pictures. It is the Roman Catholic churches where you will see the statues.


Move over Google Maps, check out the mosaic map of Jerusalem. You can tell it is Jerusalem by the wall surrounding it.


Remember, no statues, but check out the cool picture. Look at the little boy in the lower right hand corner, see him? Okay.


Now, look at how cool the little kid is now. If I've said it once, I've said it a million times, I love a good mosaic.


Another Moses moment, standing on top of Mt. Nebo where the Lord showed Moses the Promised Land.


Looking out to the Promised Land. They say on a clear day you can see the skyscrapers of Jerusalem. Unfortunately, it wasn't clear, but it was still pretty cool.


Peace is a world you hear, but don't see a lot of in the Middle East. This is a tree planted by the Pope, when he came to pray for the peace of the Middle East.


From Mount Nebo, you take a curving road dropping to 1300 feet below sea level, lowest spot on earth. We then found ourselves at the Israeli border anxiously waiting and waiting by lots of soldiers. I'm not going to lie, it was the most apprehensive moment of the trip, but after a lot of anxiousness we found ourselves on a new bus headed to Tel Aviv, where we took an evening stroll to step into the Mediterranean Sea!!!