Shalom

Greetings from Israel. I arrived here at the kibbutz Sunday night, having traveled for 27 hours. Unfortunately my luggage had traveled only about one hour. I filled out Lost and Found forms at the Tel Aviv airport. The man who worked at that office took my information, made a few clicks on his computer, looked up at me and said, "Your bag is in Dallas." So for two days I made do with only what I had carried on board the plane, washing my clothes out in the shower every evening and wearing them again the next day. Fortunately my backpack arrived today. It felt like Christmas! Especially to get the Starbucks coffee I had packed, which means no more instant coffee for me. * This experience of digging in the Early Bronze area of Tel Megiddo is one of the most interesting and coolest things I have ever done. I arrive at the dig site every morning and hang my day pack on a rock jutting from a wall that was built approximately 1400 BCE. (For some perspective - the Parthanon was built around 447 BCE.) * That's all for now. It is 10:15 p.m. and I must get to bed. The bus leaves for the tel every morning at 4:40 a.m.