the digging begins

i have now been digging for 3 days. this is a 5 to 1 work day. it is a little rough... but it is ok. i am what you could call almost black. if you see me when i get back i am sure i will be black by then. it should be funny. for those wanting more specifics on my actual job, i am a cleaning lady. well more than that. i am a cleaning lady with some cool tools. it is my job to take the dirt which in some cases can be about 6 in thick of the church floor. the floor is amazing. it has red limestone and black bysalt stone. it is beautiful. we are trying to finish the church by the end of next week. it will be hard. but we will see. it is interesting to have some jordanian workers under you. one of them is study english lit at the university. he is attempting to teach me arabic. it is pretty cool. oh and yesterday we went downtown to get some ice cream... and it was pretty funny... the stores for some reason were closed so we started walking back and then were called over by some kids. we ended up at this guys store. hospitality is amazing. he gave us coke, water, and coffee. and then a pear on our way out. his english was amazing. but he felt it his job to teach us all arabic. we must of learned all of a thousand words in 2 hours. its all a blur. i was late to pottery reading because you just cant ever seem to get out of a jordanians house. it was ok though. i really like working in the registery. seeing all the pottery and glass and metal and whatever else that was kept from the days dig. it is a lot of work, but it is so cool being able to look at the pottery and the technique from over a thousand years ago. but yeah that is all right about now. i have work tomorrow and it is already 4 pm here. i think that means it is like 8 am there. yay.... but yeah i was invited over to one of the workers house today... so we will see. that might be another entry later. but now i think that is time that i say goodbye. and please leave comments or email.. i would love to hear from you.