We met the principal and the vice principal of the Al Kadaja Primary School. All three of our children were so friendly and kind. We we were really proud of them.
This is one of the classroom heaters we donated to the school. It really puts out the heat!
After visiting the school we drove down a main street in Al Husn and passed a butcher shop where a live goat was on the sidewalk, waiting his fate. The girls were fascinated that people actually kill the animals and prepare the meat right out in the open, so we stopped for a closer look. We were hesitant at first, but the owner was so flattered he insisted on taking pictures with everyone, especially Jill. Are those the biggest hands you've ever seen? We called him Shreck.
Everyone laughed and laughed. We never did get to watch them kill the goat......
If you don't like goat, the shop owner across the street has fat tasty chickens...
The guy constructing the classroom chairs for us invited us to his home for dinner. We said "nshala" which means maybe / maybe not or God willing. We would like to but there just wasn't enough time.
The people in Jordan are so hospitable you can't go anywhere to visit anyone without being offered something to drink. The only problem with drinking so much is that there aren't any restrooms handy. The introduction to Jordanian restrooms was a shocker for Jill and Kristen. . . but if you have to go bad enough, you'll use them. It takes practice.
No sitting...no flushing...no paper...
We were given a very thorough tour of the Altkaful Health Center in Ramtha. The director is very pleased with the donation of medications by LDS Charities.
Ramtha is right next to the Syrian border so we drove to the border checkpoint but it was closed. No one is going in or out from here. That's okay. We didn't want to go to Syria anyway.
Next on the agenda was the branch Christmas party. The kids assembled bags of candy for the branch members. We think they are expecting bigger gifts, but oh well.....
Kevin brought the movie "Ice Age" but we couldn't get it to work.
Everyone had a good time anyway. Fayez played the flute. . . .
We played games and took pictures . . . .
and had a nice dinner . . oozie and mansif, salad and yogurt. It was very delicious.
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