Wednesday Nov 7

Nothing really special to report, but I thought I would let you all know that our group is going to be traveling into Jordan for the next four days. We leave Thursday morning at 6 am to try and make it through the border before the morning traffic gets heavy at the checkpoints. We are spending most of the day around Ammon and north, but eventually we will make it down south to Petra and the Dead Sea from the other side. I am excited about getting to see Petra. If any of you have ever watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade you to have seen Petra. The big stone building at the end where they go into to find the Grail is at Petra. It is a very impressive piece of history and construction and I can't wait to explore it. Who knows maybe even find the Grail.

Other than that there really hasn't been to terribly much going on. Just in case any of you were wondering I received a question about my post of fireworks inquiring if I was sure they were just fireworks and not bombs or other violent explosions. The were definitely only fireworks. I was watching them from the front gate of the school with about 40 other students, although they were by far the most powerful fireworks I have ever felts. As the semester begins to wind down here there is a frantic scramble on campus to finish papers and study for tests. Finals week is the last week in Nov and then about 30 of us take off for Egypt for 9 days. If you are wondering I arrive back in good ole Nebraska around 10pm on December 30th if all of my flights are on time and they don't want to check through my souvenirs to much.

I pray that you are all well, and the God has been kind with you all. See you all when I get home, hopefully.