We've been in Jordan for a little more than a week now. It's been an eventful and fun week of figuring out our way around town.
On Thursday and Friday we drove through Saudi Arabia to get to Jordan. We drove for two days, a total of 18 hours of driving. We were exhausted once we got here.
We had a fun Father's Day celebrating the wonderful Dad that Tim is! It's tradition for us to go bowling on Father's Day. All of us were looking forward to doing this!
Sometimes I'm painfully aware that time is passing quickly. Last week was Jared's last church with us before their family would go to the States for the summer. In September he will go to boarding school with his sister instead of coming back with his parents. We're going to miss him so much.
June 3rd is our Anniversary. This year we celebrated 13 years of marriage! We've spent half of our marriage living in the Middle East. Time sure flies! It's hard to believe that we were in the States for 6 1/2 years and we've been overseas for the same amount of time.
We live in a very active community, which is a lot of fun! We can't make it to all of the activities, but we try! The people in this village have really embraced us and they seem to love having us be a part of their activities. It sure makes it easy to love them!
Sometimes we are out and about visiting with Arab friends a lot. Other times they are busy with things and aren't available as much. Lately we've been able to be with our friends visiting more and it's been so much fun!
Mother's Day was a special day! It's kinda fun because I get to have two Mother's Day celebrations...one in March because that's the Arab Mother's Day and one in May! I'm just doubly blessed! I guess there are benefits to living in two cultures.
It wasn't difficult for us to explain to our kids that Easter Eggs represent the new life that we have through Christ. Dyeing eggs and having an egg hunt were so much fun!
February and March were intense months in our country and especially in our village. These months are the anniversary of when the revolution here started. There was a lot of protesting and remembering. We stayed alert and aware of what was happening in order to stay out of the action. There was added stress in our lives because of this, but we're so thankful that God has been taking care of us! He continues to show us his comfort and grace in the midst of all of this. We're thankful that God is our Father!
It's not easy to put into words how much Tim means to me. I couldn't have dreamed up a better husband. I often sit back and marvel at how well we go together! Though we're different in so many ways, his strengths fill my weaknesses! He's such a good listener and helps me to process things that happen. He helps me to see things from a different perspective.
I've had a lot of thoughts about this topic today and I'm not quite sure where to start. First of all, I want to say how thankful I am that through church I learned about Jesus and about following him.
This morning I woke up in pain with another headache. I have to admit that my first response is frustration, not a humble submission to God's sovereignty in my life. There's something humiliating about having chronic headaches. I end up being so dependent on Tim to take care of me and the kids. I like to be independent and I love taking care of my kids. Laying on the couch, flat on my back, isn't the way that I want to spend my day. 
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