Yesterday afternoon I saw the “Group of Nine” off at the Minneapolis/St. Paul airport. I was joined by parents, children, and siblings of the nine Hippos diggers flying out of the Twin Cities. The Nine successfully met up with five others in Atlanta last night—only to have their departure to Tel Aviv delayed by nearly two hours! But they are airborne as I write, with an estimated arrival time of 7:11 pm Israel time (not the scheduled 5:25 pm). I do not envy their travel saga! It will be well after dark by the time they arrive at Kibbutz En Gev, and a very short night before they head off at 8:30 am on Saturday on the trip around the Sea of Galilee. Sunday will be their first workday. A jet-lagged group will gather in the kibbutz parking lot for the 4:45 am bus ride most of the way up to the site. They’ll have to hike up the rest of the mountain in the early morning light and start by pulling weeds. Watch out for those scorpions!
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