Chaos on the Jordan River

Photo by The Tampa Bay Estuary Program on Unsplash

As we sit here on the bus, half of us are asleep. A quarter of us are conversing idly back and forth to one another. The final quarter of us are glued to the windows as we drive through this unfamiliar country. We pull over to the side of the road.

Our tour guide, Isaac, explains to us that we’re going to be joined by a group of Israeli soldiers now. None of us know quite what to expect. Some of us are a little…