Through My Son's Eyes

Recently our family had the privilege of going on an archaeological dig in southern Jordan. I had been to Jordan before in 2006 with Ali - but this time our son was with us. It was refreshing to see things through his eyes as he experienced things for the first time. We got to go through Petra, camped out on the side of a mountain in a tent for 2 weeks with the vision of Crusader Castle (Showbak Castle) looming on the mountianside just beyond ours.

Gage experienced some very wonderful things. It was good to have him with us and to see things through his eyes. The other day we sat on a boulder overlooking multiple mountain ranges as we talked about what he could see. About 12 camels were grazing behind us and the valley sprawled out beneath us. Bedouin shepherds were playing soccer with some of the younger in our group just up on the plateau. One night Gage enjoyed his first traditional Bedouin meal called a mansaf. We were in a Bedouin open air tent with goats in the foreground just outside as we sat in a circle around a big platter of rice and chicken cooked Bedouin style and eaten with our fingers.

Gage made friends with Bedouin children as well as some older men such as Abu Ali and Abu Saif.

I praise God for the experiences and the memories.