Butler Family Travels

Just a little background first – Read (Numbers 20:2-29) in the Bible. Petra was the Capital of the Edomites from whence the King of Edom refused the Israelites passage! We arrived in Wadi Moussa, the town that’s perched on the hill at the entrance Petra, just in time to find a nice hotel, a cheap […]

We arrived at the Wadi Rum Visitor Center in the afternoon and were greeted by Nayel, Obeid’s oldest son. He took us in his truck to their traditional Bedouin camp out in the desert, where we would stay for 24 hours experiencing Bedouin life and saturating our clothes and skin in camp fire smoke. Upon […]

It was strange for me to be driving down the Jordan Valley last week in my mom’s car… on the Jordan side looking back across at Israel! From our house in Poriyya, I grew up looking out across the valley at Jordan, but it was forbidden for us to go there – until recently. My […]

I am pleased to introduce you to long-time friends of my mom’s, The Stockers! We finally got to meet them. You know you are going to get along great with someone if during one of your first conversations the husband quotes a line from one of your favorite movies – “Forrrr freeeeeeee?” – and then […]

Ok, folks! We lost traction on the last erfing. We were in Malaysia, but no one was able to guess why we were there. So, here is a new one for you all. Where are we? See if you can be the winner of our 4th What the Erf?

Shabat (Sabbath) preparations start  on Friday, early in the afternoon.  All stores close at 2, so if you forgot something, you are just out of luck. Some smart/frugal (or super poor) shoppers hit the shuk (open market) right at 1:30. The men practically give you the fruits and vegetables for free so they can go home.  Shabat starts […]

It seems that Rebekah has some Henrietta Willis (100 cupboards, ND Wilson) in her!  Exploring the graves of Endor (I Samuel 28:3-25)

Went to ancient hot springs for a day of soaking and we learned that in Israel one should always carry your Uzi to the Jacuzzi. May you also have a safe and Merry Christmas!

By the last few days in Thailand we had done almost everything we all wanted to do EXCEPT ride an elephant. Soooooo, what was the last thing we did there? We went to ride elephants, of course. We headed up north on a bus, hoping to rent 2 motorcycles for a day, ride out to […]

We made a point to be back in Bangkok on the King’s Birthday, Dec 5th.  The Thai love their king, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, also known as Rama IX. He is the world’s longest-serving current head of state and the longest-reigning monarch in Thai history. He has ruled fairly and with integrity for 66 years.  He is now old, but was able to […]