This past weekend, I had an absolute blast in the desert with my new team (Hadassah, Nashiely, Joelle, Amber, Austin)!
My legs gave out on me after walking 18 miles in one day (and climbing mountain stairs that NEVER ENDED), but Petra is magnificent and well worth it!
In Wadi Rum, we drank copious amounts of Bedouin tea, took a Jeep tour (going way too fast), pet some camels, frolicked on sand dunes, climbed rocks, explored canyons, watched a spectacular sunset, ate delicious traditional Bedouin food, and camped overnight in the desert. Other than a few camels and pet dogs, the only wildlife we saw was an orange tabby.
It was truly the adventure of a lifetime!
God, You are so good and Your creation is so beautiful.
PETRA
Check out this model in front of the Treasury
There are countless tombs & caves carved in cliffs all throughout Petra
Hand-stitched, traditional Bedouin scarves
The Monastery
Stairs, stairs, & more stairs
Donkey looking majestic on the mountaintop
We climbed a bajillion and one stairs up a mountain to get to this spectacular view of the Treasury
WADI RUM
Speeding along on our Jeep tour through Wadi Rum!
Austin taking a selfie with a camel, of course
Nashiely, Amber, Austin, & I enjoying copious amounts of Bedouin tea (black tea with sage, cinnamon, & cardamom)
Joelle climbing up a sand dune after sand boarding down
Nashiely climbing up the dune like a boss
Exploring caves & canyons
Climbed high up a rock to enjoy a desert sunset
Playing cards & drinking tea by the fire before enjoying a traditional Bedouin BBQ, cooked underground in earth ovens
Wow, we have less than two weeks left in the Middle East! It is bittersweet— I have enjoyed it so much and it will be difficult to say goodbye, but I look forward to our time in Asia.
We have one more week here in Jordan, then we’re off to Israel for one week. Then Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, and China.
I request prayer for my team and my squad, for our leadership, for the countries we will be traveling to, and for the people we will come across. Thank you and God Bless!
