Jordan-Day 1

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Day 1.
Today was absolutely gorgeous here in Jordan. It was about 70 degrees and the skies were clear. We drove out to see Mount Nebo and the 12 springs of Moses. Mount Nebo is where Moses stood to look at at the Promise land at the end of Deuteronomy. On one side of the mountain is the lush land of milk and honey and on the other side is desert. God shows him the land, but tells him he will only see it from there, that he will not be able to enter in. I can't imagine what it would have felt like...to have given your life and to have been faithful and not been allowed to see the promise fulfilled in your life.

Deuteronomy 4:1-4
Then Moses climbed Mount Nebo from the plains of Moab to the top of Pisgah, across from Jericho. There the LORD showed him the whole land—from Gilead to Dan, all of Naphtali, the territory of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, the Negev and the whole region from the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palms, as far as Zoar. Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it with your eyes, but you will not cross over into it."

Kelli and I at the sign of Moses on Mount Nebo

The 12 springs is where the Isrealite people are thirsty and grumbling and the Lord tells Moses to strike the rock and water will begin flowing out and it does. This is actually depicted in two places in Scripture; Exodus 17 and Numbers 20. The amazing thing about this is I always picture like a water fountain amount of water with a few people gathered around. I forget that this was upwards of 4 million people and livestock that had to drink from this. This was not some small spring; water came bursting forth that cut a gorge through the valley and created rivers. When you go up to Mount Nebo and look back towards the springs the area immediately surrounding them is the only spot with green grass and trees in that whole area.

This was taken up above the 12 springs.

This is one of the only trees in the valley that I mentioned earlier. It is right above the springs. Jody and Kelli were attempting to reach all the way around. I, unsuccessfully in rainbow flip flops, tried to climb one.

Beautiful, but dangerously throny valley flower.

Never would have imagined seeing a Hardees in the Middle East...hilarious!