We are back from Jordan. It was a pretty cool trip. The highlights were Mt Nebo, the Madaba Map, Petra (yes Petra), a roman city known as Jarash, and the Baptismal Site on the Jordan river.<\/p>\n
I only have 500 pictures so I will begin by not posting any of them.\u00a0 Instead I wanted the share the following news article because after sticking my toe in the river earlier today I wanted to share this delightful bit on news.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/2010\/07\/29\/christian-tour-operators-israel-counter-claims-jordan-river-polluted-baptisms\/<\/p>\n
Anyway it is late. I’ll dig through pictures later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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