* Name (optional):

  Expression ^{(Optional mood/title along with your name) Examples: (happy, sad, The Joyful, etc.) help)}

  E-mail address (optional):

* Type your message here:
>Hello people. Long time no post. >My summer has been less boring than usual. For five >weeks (June 2nd to July 8th), I was working in Israel >with the Tel Gezer Project. We excavated a section of >Gezer and helped prepare the site to become a national >park. It was interesting and grueling work. We stayed >at a place called Neve Shalom, about 15 minutes away >from Gezer. On weekdays we usually woke up at 4 A.M. >to catch the bus to the tel at 5. We'd work for a >while, eat a 30-minute breakfast at 8:30, work some >more, have a 15-minute watermelon break at 11, and >then work until the bus came at 12:45 P.M. After that >time, it's too hot to work outside. >We'd get back to the motel, eat, take a shower, and at >4 P.M. we had pottery washing, lasting 1-2 hours. At 6 >P.M., we had lecture for an hour, followed by dinner >at 7. After that, we'd usually be too tired to do much >else. Bedtime was between 8 and 11 P.M. I felt like a >senior citizen. > >We had no restful weekends. Instead, we toured Israel. >We got to "sleep in" until 7 A.M on weekends. During >the 1st and 4th weekends, we went to Jerusalem. During >the 2nd weekend, we toured sites in the Sea of Galilee >area in the north, and during the 3rd weekend, we >toured sites in the Dead Sea area in the south. > >It was amazing to visit those places. I think that I >have a better understanding of some things in the >Bible now after seeing the ruins and their surrounding >environments. The landscape changes so drastically >within just a few miles. Israel is about the size of >New Jersey, with lush forests in the north and desert >in the south, as well as having tall mountain ski >areas, and the 1,200 ft below-sea-level Dead Sea. It’s >a very bizarre place. >I'm glad I left when I did. We could hear Israel's >bombing of the Gaza Strip at night from where we were >staying. The booms were getting louder towards the >end. And now Israel's situation is even crazier than >usual. > >It was a great experience though. I'm glad I got to >go. Now I’m done with my "archaeology and culture of >the ancient near east" major. I still have two more >semesters to finish up my sociology/anthropology and >religion majors before I have to enter the real world. >It's so scary. > >If you'd like to see some summer pictures, click or >copy the link. I still have a lot more pictures to >develop. Hopefully I'll finish before the end of >summer. :/ > >http://lycoming.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2003417&l=b8 >b93&id=67100478
Choose Message Icon: None :-) Happy >;-) Wink :-D Joy :} Smirk <:-} Innocent ☮ Peace >:) Mischief B-) Shades <3 Heart |O Yawn <:P Sick >:-( Angry :~( Sad ? Question *!* Alert (!) Idea [Info] Info Oo. Talk [ View Emoticons ]

Notice: Copies of your message may remain on this and other systems on internet. Please be respectful.