Happy Easter to You, Happy Holiday to Me

While most of you were having egg hunts and family dinners, I was laying out by the Dead Sea getting a tan. Since we are on the Eastern Church’s calendar, we don’t celebrate Easter for another month. Fortunately, I did get a long weekend off school to “go on Holiday.” Two of my English friends and I went on a 45 minute drive outside the city to the Marriott Spa and Hotel on the Dead Sea. It’s literally the lowest point on earth below sea level, and it’s beautiful. Mountains surround the undisturbed waters with Jordan to the East and the West Bank occupied territories on the opposite side. It was nice to get out of the business of Amman for a day. We felt a milllion miles away. Things like this remind me how blessed I am to be here, with Biblical history all around me and within my reach.