So the last couple of weeks have just flown by… for a variety of reasons… namely, I traveled back and was busy getting settled in… and the on-going drama that is my life within my family. My dad is not doing well at all, and has been really lashing out at each of us, but I’ve been bearing the brunt of his anger. My sisters keep telling me it’s not my fault – that he’s just unhappy because of the lack of control in his life… but it’s really hurtful to hear your own dad talk about you so negatively, knowing that we don’t have a lot of conversations left.

Anyways… I just thought it’d be nice to show some photos… some from right before I left Jordan, and then a few from the SICM conference I attended in Washington.. I suppose it’s a photo entry of life as it’s progressed.

[photo 1: me & host brother Eyas .. photo 2: host family: Zuhair (dad), Sadeen, Lojain (sisters), me, Nisreen (mom) & Eyas (brother) .. photo 3: Lee & me (Korean girl I tutored in English)]

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[photo 4: Toby (my nephew wearing a Jordanian outfit I brought him) ... photo 5: Alisha (campus pastor's wife who is pregnant.. she wasn't when I left]

[photo 6: picture we made of people posing at SICM ....  photo 7: at SICM.. (girl coming on staff here at OSU, me, Josh, Mike) .. photo 8: a group of us from SICM .. the OSU group and the Tennessee Tech group)]