Hadrian's Arch at Gerasa
Marion Clifton and Seth Heller preparing for battle at the Amphitheater at Beth Shan
Sunrise on the Sea of Galilee
The Jordan River
A baptism in the Jordan River
Jimmy Moore collects water from the Jordan River
Jimmy Moore and Isaiah Prater battle in the amphitheater at Beth Shan
The bread baking operation at the Green Garden Resturant at Jerash
Our group enjoying a wonderful lunch at the Green Garden Resturant at Jerash
Greetings
All is well we started out along the Sea of Galilee this morning then we headed south. We stopped along the Jordan River to place where people today are often baptized. Then we continued south to Beth Shan. Here we saw an amphitheater from the Roman period. We then crossed from Israel to Jordan crossing over the Jordan River. Here we had our first rain of the trip. We have had great weather all along on this trip and this rain was well timed for us because we were undercover waiting the processing of crossing from country to the other.
After we crossed into Jordan we travel through ancient site of Pella where the Christians fled after the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The hills are very green and many flowers are in bloom. We traveled on to Jerash or ancient Gerasa one of the Decapolis cities. Here we had a wonderful lunch at the Green Garden resturant. Then we toured the site of Gerasa. After our tour we headed south to Amman and had a driving tour of the city. We returned to hotel in Amman and had dinner then we had to get packed for our big trip home.
Tomorrow we head home, it has been a great trip and we have covered much territory.
I will be posting more pictures after we get home.
John Wineland
Amman, Jordan
