Iftar! Feast!

So I thought I should probably give some background on Ramadan. So they follow the moon cycle for all their holy days and Feasts. Right now we are in Ramadan where they fast from sunrise to sunset(for about 30 days) and then have a big feast right at sunset called an Iftar. We have been invited to one and the food was very very good. I have also now tried both Turkish and Arabic coffee. Ew. lol The tea however is very tasty. We were invited to someone's home last night(Thursday night) for tea/coffee and we met the whole family. The 13 year old boy totally had a crush on me. He kept saying "excuse me" and asking me a bunch of questions about me. Like what kind of movies I like and he said if it gets late that I could stay there. lol His sister was asked if she had to pick one of us four to stay who would she pick...and He pointed at me. Haha. He wasn't even asked. The grapes here have seeds and the apples are amazing. They also have a pastry that has nuts or cheese in it...the cheese one is weird but the one with nuts is so good. I don't like my cheese sweet. haha.

We have several inside jokes already...like "Watch out! A rock!" This came about because they don't really have sidewalks here. If there is a sidewalk then it is covered in debris. haha. They are building a lot here in Amman because the city is growing from all the refugees. Another one is "Have you tried the butt sprayer?" You should give it a shot!" I like the pun on that one. LOL. So they takes me to another topic...the toilets. They have three kinds. Regular, squatters, and bidet. Let me know if I need to explain any of those. lol Luckily at my school they have the regular kind.

The school is very nice. If you would like to know

more...abs.edu.jo Our office is

the one with the monitor showing through the door. There are more offices on the wall to the left and down that hall and then some behind me down the hall the other way. I will put up more pictures once I take them. I will be working in the marketing department and also volunteering in the drama department. What I am most excited about is working with the Varsity basketball team. They will be taking a trip to Beijing(sorry I had Bangkok on here. I don't know what I was thinking. lol) for a tournament which I will probably be a chaperone for!!!!! The tournament does not occur on the Sabbath! I am very excited. The athletics department head is working out the details and getting final approvals. They do not have a lot of qualified people for the athletics department. They have teachers who don't know a lot about certain sports helping out. One of the boys has already expressed his concerns about the basketball program. Haha. We are almost settled in the the school and we will have next week off for "Eid Al Fitr" which is pretty much the end of Ramadan so there is more feasting and holy days.

I hope everyone is enjoying reading my blog! Happy Sabbath!!!!!

Love,

Amanda