Author Archives: Jason

In December my mother-in-law came to live with us for about 2 months.  For some people this may invoke the desire to move to Syria, civil war and all, but not me.  Luckily, I have a great mother-in-law. She didn’t want to do much sightseeing while she was in Jordan, but we did manage toContinue reading “You are never too old to come to Jordan”

Week without Walls is a new program at my school.  Basically the whole high school shuts down for a week and everyone leaves to go on trips.  There were lots of options for trips.  I could have gone to Paris, Switzerland, Nepal, Amsterdam, Ethiopia or stayed in Jordan.  I chose Ethiopia.  My trip was theContinue reading “Week Without Walls Ethiopia: by Cecily”

For the Thanksgiving break we drove to Jerusalem. It is so close to our house in Amman and yet so far away. It took us about 3.5 hours just to cross the border with Israel. From our door to our place in Jerusalem it took just over 5 hours. We could make it in aboutContinue reading “Thanksgiving in Jerusalem”

During our trip to Kenya we had the chance to visit a local school. It was humbling. Cecily took pictures of the kids with her instance camera. We played games, taught the kids songs and some English. It was one of the best experiences we have had while traveling. You can read more about theContinue reading “Maji Moto School”