By the way, I'll never complain about the US roads again and I always will know which way the wind blows from the looks of the cedar trees!!
Everyone, MARR Ha Ba (Hello)
Hope this finds all of you and your sweet wives well. We have been busy getting use to the country and the culture. We live in a small town in northern Jordan named AL Husn. The middle eastern people are as peculiar and customadic as we thought they were. We have come to find out that we as Americans are as as proud and arrogant as they think were are. Boy! I'm already a different thinker.
They have their customs and cultural lifestyles that only generations will change. We stepped back 800 years when it comes to customs and culture here. Our living conditions are very favorable, so we will not complain. We are getting into this NGO contacting and finding they know who we are and what we got and how they can get it !! Unfortunately some of the NGO are dishonest, Can you believe it !! Fortunately we have come across some that are the Salt of The Earth when it Comes to helping their communities. We are trying to partner with them as possible. 
I was called into the Branch Presidency of the North Jordan Branch (35 members). We keep a low profile and don't proselyte nor talk about the Church. The Mo Ha Ba rot, or secret police will start calling us in to ask why we aren't out giving things away, because they know what we are suppose to be doing. I guess it's like that in some of your areas.
We have been blessed with visiting some of the sights that are recorded in the Old Testament. Yesterday we visited a NGO Day care in Day Ra la in the Jordan Valley, North of the Dead Sea. Historians here in Jordan say this city was once named Succoth where Jacob meet his brother twin Esau. (Remember Esau sold his birth right and Jacob became the firstborn.) Jacob had not seen his brother since. They made up with each other here in this village. We could see the river Jordan in the distance and Israel to our west. The "West Back" is not much to fight over, but the beautiful fertile Jordan valley is. They call it the "bread basket" of the middle east. Vegetables can be grown here all year long! attached some pictures so you can see mountains on both sides of the valley. 
This is also the area that the Israelites crossed over the Jordan going into the land of Canaan. I could just imagine the Israelites all lined up on this side of the river getting ready to cross over into their promised land. Please keep us up to date with your activities as possible. We enjoyed your friendship in the MTC and expect it to continue.Sincerely John and Robin Cotton
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