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crossing toJordanStudents who attended Harding University inGreece (HUG) in the spring of 2008 experiencedsomething no previous group was able to.Due to an extended stay in Israel, the group gotthe opportunity to make a journey to the countryof Jordan. The directors of HUG, Jerry andDiane Myhan, promised the students when theyfirst arrived in Greece that there would be somekind of surprise for them when they got to Israel.Many students thought the surprise could havebeen Osman, the tour guide they had in Egypt,but the trip to Jordan was unexpected for all. Thegroup had to sacrifice some activities that normalHUG groups participated in, including staying thenight in a Bedouin camp, but they said sights theyexperienced in Jordan made it well worth it.The group traveled to the capital city of Jordan,Amman, and from there trekked across the countryto Petra. Many students were excited to see thisincredible sight. Petra, meaning “rock,” was oncea wealthy city built into a sandstone canyon.“For me, it was one of the most impressionableplaces we visited in the entire four months,”junior Benjamin Skinness said. “Around everycorner beheld something more awing than whatwe saw before.”Junior Bethany Holder said that the only wayshe knew how to describe it was to compare it tothe Grand Canyon.“It’s amazing just how naturally beautiful itis,” she said.The treasury, the biggest site in Petra, was carvedinto the canyon and voted into the New SevenWonders of the World in 2007. Upon visiting thecity and the treasury, students discovered severalreasons why this place was so interesting.“It’s really neat because they said they’re stillexcavating the city,” junior Sarabeth Myers said.“In the treasury there are layers, and they’re stillfinding stuff underneath.”42 student life