Ophir Yarden's class on Jewish history with the Jordan students. Students who study Arabic with BYU in Amman live at the Jerusalem Center for a week before they return to the United States
That afternoon, Blaine and I went Home Teaching to Maher Haltah in Jericho.
His wife, Amahl, son Fatie, Linda, and Maher. They live in a beautiful home they built 3 years ago. The inside as well as the outside are lovely and well kept.
Maher has a lot of fruit trees in his yard. This one is a pumello tree which is like a big grapefruit with a thick skin. He also has orange and lemon trees. Maher and Amal sent us home with fresh basil, lemons, and roses, all from their garden.
The lemons and roses in our apartment.
The lemons and roses in our apartment.
On the way home we stopped at the Good Samaritan National Park. It is just off Highway #1, the main road between Jerusalem and Jericho. The park is a museum of mosaics from the Byzantine period, many from Roman Fortresses. They were beautiful and well preserved.
Coming home to the Jerusalem Center
there was a beautiful sunset.
In the evening we went to a concert at St. Anne's Church inside Lion's Gate. The Pools of Bethesada are there behind the church. This is the south east corner of the pools.
The music was from the opera King Arthur by Purcell. Gaye Strathern and friends, Ron Anderson and friends, and Blaine and I attended the concert.
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