Greetings,
I have been keeping busy as you would expect, now with just a few days before I leave. I have obtained my International Driving Permit so I can ready to drive in Jordan if needed. Also I purchased an wireless adapter for an old laptop that I am taking with me so I can check email, post my blog, and do some word processing. I have been trying to bring that old laptop up to speed with Microsoft updates, that is a time consuming process. Also I am finishing up chores around the house, oil changes for the cars, attacking an ant problem in the kitchen, etc.
Emails have been flying across cyberspace between team members, but especially from Dr. Gerald Mattingly of Johnson Bible College. He is coordinating with our team of about 30 people from all over the US, and Europe. Also we must keep in touch with our contacts in Jordan about lodging, transportation, procedures with the Department of Antiquities, etc.. Image what a task this would be without email.
It is hard to image that a week from now we should be settled in to our temporary home in Karak. I thought about it today as I sat on the back porch during a rain storm. We have had a great deal of rain in eastern Kentucky this Spring. But we will not be dealing with rain in Jordan. In fact it rarely rains in Jordan during June, July and August. I have spent about 12 summers in Jordan and I have seen it rain 4 or 5 times.
Where we will be focusing our work is on the edge of the desert. In the above photo you can see our site Mudaybi in the background. You can see a basalt quarry in the foreground. As you can see it is a very arid area with very little vegetation.
Soon our team with converge in Amman and head south to Karak.
John Wineland
Grayson, Kentucky
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