Author Archives: Erin

1.  Cooked and cooked and cooked some more; followed by gorging and giving thanks with these fine people: And these slightly smaller, yet equally fine people: 2.  Spent a couple of days pretending to be the Queen of Sheba at the Marriott Dead Sea Spa and Resort: With this hottie footing the bill: 3.  SpentContinue reading “Three Things I Did This Week”

It’s official!  This morning, Jason received a handshake for our next post.  When we started the bidding process months ago, our possibilities looked like this: But slowly the possibilities shrunk down, and now we have a winner!  So, to review: We started here. Now we’re here. And next we’re headed here. Pretoria, South Africa.  TheContinue reading “Where in the World?”

A few years ago, I wrote a post entitled The ABC’s of Our Lives in Taiwan.  So to continue that tradition, I call this edition, The ABC’s of our lives in Jordan. A is for Amman and Arabs.  We have come to love them both. B is for Brown and Blue.  In Jordan, the skyContinue reading “The ABC’s of Our Lives in Jordan”

Though today is Friday, it is the Sabbath in Jordan.  We follow the Muslim Sabbath, so today is our sabbath as well.  Today, I drove through a neighborhood in Amman where there were a bunch of cars parked along the street.  I wondered what all the hubbub was about, then quickly realized that I wasContinue reading “Middle East Sabbath”

This week we celebrated Eid al-Adha in the Middle East.  Eid al-Adha is the Muslim holiday that celebrates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Isaac, God’s sparing Isaac and providing a lamb for Abraham to sacrifice in place of his son.  Many Jordanian Muslims celebrate the holiday by purchasing a sheep or goat, killing theContinue reading “Eid Mubarak”

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.  And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:  And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art myContinue reading “Jordan River Baptism”

I recently started a new job.  Jason took this picture of me on my first day of work; much like we take pictures of our kids on the first day of school. I work in the political section of the embassy.  My job title is Human Rights Vetting Assistant.  Though my position is only partContinue reading “Success!”