Hello, everyone! It’s hard to believe I’ve already been back in America for almost an entire month now. I’ve really enjoyed my return thus far, visiting with family and old friends while staying with my former computer-repairing colleague Ty at his excellent house, and of course – the snow. Even though I did (briefly) get […]

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In which Zach has not one, but three different pre-Thanksgiving dinners in Jordan. Who would have thought the bounty would be so large while thousands of kilometers from home!

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Cycling Jordan tries to host a few long-distance overnight trips each year, and now as the weather begins to finally turn cold in Jordan, Sa’ad invited his hardcore biking fans for the last overnight trip of the year (the other one was a camping trip in the south as well, but I was in Tajikistan […]

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I finally got the DVD from last year’s Christmas concert, a full eleven months later. Apparently the YWCA had been holding onto it pretty tightly; I had to call four different people in order to secure a copy, and only on the grounds that I would only have it for an hour – long enough […]

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In which Zach makes the terrible discovery that although toilet paper does look conveniently like a mummy’s wrappings, they are actually polar opposites. However, becoming a plaything for an overjoyed cat at a Halloween party made up for it.

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In which Zach joins the Anglican Church in a trip to Um ar-Rasas, a UNESCO-certified tourist spot in central Jordan that showcases ruins from both Romans and Byzantines, as well as one of the world’s most spectacular ancient mosaics.

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