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March 1, 2005
Stipend Day
The most exciting part of today will probably be getting my stipend for this month. I still have a little under half of my last stipend left so I am very excited to actually have some extra spending money around.
In other news, I have been spending several hours a night on Arabic homework and I think I have reached information overload. My brain just doesn't want to soak up anything else. I am learning lots of new words but they just don't seem to stick. Although, it seems as if everyone else in the class is having the same experience and I know for sure that out of the Americans in the class, I am less confused than some!
This weekend the AMIDEAST group is going on our northern trip. I don't know any of the details yet but I am not as excited about this one as I was the last one. There are no camels to ride and I had plans to go to the Belad (downtown) and look at fun Jordanian stuff. That can definitely happen latter but it is still a little disapointing for now.
So I ended up missing out on the photography class at Wild Jordan because AMIDEAST had a lecture on Sunday and our normal meetings are on Tuesdays in the middle of the class. However, I am not disapointed because I found out that the Biblical Arabic class is being moved to the evenings because so many people had conflicts. Yes, this means I will be taking another Arabic class but it also means that I will get the opportunity to study the Bible in Arabic/Aramaic and visit Mt. Nebo and the baptism site. And it is all free!
Posted by rcollins at March 1, 2005 7:20 AM
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So wait, I am confused -- are you still enrolled in the photography class? Or was it a one-time adjustment? When you say "our normal meetings are on Tuesdays in the middle of the class", which meetings and which class? I hope you can still do the photography, that sounds like a lot of fun... and good for the biblical class!
Have fun this weekend :)
Posted by: Karl at March 1, 2005 8:11 AM
I am glad I'm not the only one confused. So what is with the photography class.
Posted by: Barbara at March 1, 2005 8:33 AM
Ok, the photography class is at an organization called Wild Jordan. I am not taking the class because the classes are at the same time as my weekly CIEE meeting. That means there is no way I can take the photography class because I would have to miss half of the meetings. So, in conclusion: no photography. yes biblical arabic instead.
Posted by: Rebecca at March 2, 2005 6:52 AM