Touring, Pottery, all sorts of things.

There's no way I could cram all my excitement from yesterday's tour of the Sea of Galilee into one little blog. We saw Capernaum, which was kind of Jesus' headquarters at the beginning of his ministry; Tabgha, home of a beautiful reconstructed Byzazntine church in memory of the Feeding of the 5000; the Church of the Beatitudes, one of the awesomest buildings ever; and most of all, Mount Berenike overlooking Tiberias, which gives you the same breathtaking view of the sea that ancient pilgrims enjoyed. To even give you an eensy little idea of the rush the day's trip gave me, I'd have to write enormously, in bold, AND USE OBNOXIOUS ORANGE CAPITAL LETTERS WITH LOTS OF EXCLAMATION POINTS!!!!! because the entire trip was just cool beyond words.

Another great thing that happened was that I finally am caught up with sorting and organizing the pottery and mosaic tiles that I need to keep track of. It was with deepest pride and greatest pleasure that I sealed the last little clay bit into the plastic bag.

Digging was good today. I was so dirty that I literally made clouds of dust behind me, just like Pig Pen. Tim and I were digging outside the church, and it was in a spot where the bulldozer had stirred up lots of dust, and every bit of that dust decided to latch onto my clothes. It felt so good to go swimmnig in the lake afterwards. Oh right, I probably haven't mentioned htat yet. After the day's digging, a few of us always go down to the lake to wash the excess dirt out of our jeans so that we can wear them longer. It works great, and we get to swim in the process.

Well, time for bed, pretty soon. I don't know if we will meet again before we leave for Jordan; if not, I'll tell you all about it. I'm really looking forward to seeing Petra. It's a city that's been carved completely into some rock. See you later,

Ben