The last time we lived in Jordan, we stayed in an apartment building in Husn, Jordan. From there we oversaw three Arabic churches. Our neighbors in the building, and also the building owners, were very kind to us. We got to know Abu Fawzi, the patriarch of the family, his children and grandchildren very well. We spent a lot of time in their home and in their courtyard, visiting.
One day, they invited us to to to a piece of property a family member owns in Waqqas, in the northwestern area of Jordan. We all piled into three cars and drove into an area Bill and I had never been. (I have written an article about this day, which I will include in a Walking Ancient Paths book at some point.)
They brought a portable grill and so we had meat, plus other foods familiar to Arab culture, such as olives and hummus. Abu Fawzi pointed out a canal, shown in one of the photos above, that he helped engineer. It was a memorable day.
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