Our surveyors, Mark Wood and Wayne Mory, arrived on Saturday afternoon. Sunday they and Mark Schuler drove to Haifa to rent the scanning equipment. By Sunday afternoon, they were scanning the NE church to provide a complete record of the excavation. Work was going slowly in the heat of the day … so they scanned ALL NIGHT! Engineering student Liz Horgan assisted, as did CSP Honors student Anna Fink, who is always ready for an adventure.
It’s vital to have shade over our work areas. Our two hearty campers who have lots of experience putting up tarps, Darryl and John, worked hard this morning to get enough shade to cover 2 adjacent work areas, ZZ99 and ZZ0. Cheryl and Sandra are the saints married to these 2 guys!
Once the Quilting Bee was over, everyone got down to work. The women’s team, headed by Rachel, is working to uncover (again) the threshold and floor to the north of it in ZZ99. Late in the morning the guys in ZZ0 may have discovered a staircase … which would explain the elevation difference between these 2 adjoining squares!
We were blessed with an overcast sky until breakfast this Sunday. Unfortunately, it was after breakfast in full sun that Kristina and I started uncovering the floor in the sacristy-type room to the north of the chancel. Sorry about the beeping noise in the background. It’s one of the tractors backing up as I filmed this section. I’m still not adept enough at editing to get the excess noise out of the film.
After a couple of hours of working in the sun to get the mosaic floor uncovered, Kristina and I both felt like this!
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Colleen: It is finished! Wish you could see it in person!
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On the technical side of the dig, daily levels help us keep track of our progress. Watch Arny and Liz do their magic.
Thank you, Jim Appelbaum, for recording this group of us singing in St. Anne’s church on the Via Delorosa in Jerusalem. The acoustics in the church are fabulous. Text to the hymn follows.
Come to Me, All Pilgrims Thirsty
By Delores Dufner, OSB, © 1995, 2008, GIA Publications, Inc.
“Come to me, all pilgrims thirsty: drink the water I will give.
If you knew what gift I offer, you would come to me and live.”
Refrain:
Jesus, ever-flowing fountain, give us water from your well.
In the gracious gift you offer there is joy no tongue can tell.
“Come to me, all trav’lers weary; come that I may give you rest.
Drink the cup of life I offer; at this table be my guest.” Refrain
“Come to me, believers burdened, find refreshment in this place.
If you knew the gift I offer, you would turn and seek my face.”
Refrain
“Come to me, repentant sinners; leave behind your guilt and shame.
If you knew divine compassion, you would turn and call my name.” Refrain
“Come to me, distressed and needy; I would be your trusted friend.
If you seek the gift I offer, come your open hands extend.” Refrain
“Come to me, abandoned, orphaned; lonely ways no longer roam.
If you know the gift I offer, you would make in me your home.”
Refrain
