Hi from Ein Gev again. Today we went back to work as usual. Things went much better for me after a previous week of conditioning and 2 days to rest up. The trip here, the heat change, the time change, the food change, and the water drinking chanc on top of the intense physical workout on the mountain was just too much. After a week, things went much better, with more stamina and tolerance.
Our group was assigned a new square today, in addition to the old. For this, we received 2 new workers from another team - Jim Gimble who I met in 1999 at a S.S. workshop in Edmonton, and a good old boy named Jean, from Russelville Arkansas. He's a retired Baptist minister, and quite colorful. He helped the time pass much faster for me today.
Pastor Jim Rogers from St. Louis led a worship service after pottery cleaning. Someone asked me what we do with the things we find. Well, apparently they are studied to determine dating. At the end of the season, its taken back up to the site and buried in a cistern. Valuable things are of course kept.
Now we are looking forward to a trip to Jordan. Apparently I can us U.S. funds, so glad I brought some. The shekel is no good there.
One thing I forgot to mention is Thursday laundry day. Everyone's laundry is done together while we are at the site. Then it's all laid out in a room. Then it's free for all trying to find all your stuff. Remarkably it works, though you may have to go back a few times to get all your stuff. This next one I won't care, because I could use a little more room in my suitcase, and the dig t-shirts just don't come clean. D.S.
Our group was assigned a new square today, in addition to the old. For this, we received 2 new workers from another team - Jim Gimble who I met in 1999 at a S.S. workshop in Edmonton, and a good old boy named Jean, from Russelville Arkansas. He's a retired Baptist minister, and quite colorful. He helped the time pass much faster for me today.
Pastor Jim Rogers from St. Louis led a worship service after pottery cleaning. Someone asked me what we do with the things we find. Well, apparently they are studied to determine dating. At the end of the season, its taken back up to the site and buried in a cistern. Valuable things are of course kept.
Now we are looking forward to a trip to Jordan. Apparently I can us U.S. funds, so glad I brought some. The shekel is no good there.
One thing I forgot to mention is Thursday laundry day. Everyone's laundry is done together while we are at the site. Then it's all laid out in a room. Then it's free for all trying to find all your stuff. Remarkably it works, though you may have to go back a few times to get all your stuff. This next one I won't care, because I could use a little more room in my suitcase, and the dig t-shirts just don't come clean. D.S.
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