not long ago i said good bye to jamie and whitney for at least the next four and a half months time. the two of them along with all the friends we have made throughout the past six weeks are all leaving within a few days time to go back to their home lands. it sucks.

i wish i was capable of being grateful enough to suffice in the capacity that is deserved for how amazing this past month and a half has been. i once lived in columbus ohio and was within walking distance of jamie and whitney's houses. and one day i said, "jamie, i am going to israel!" and he excitedly replied, "dude! whitney and i might go this summer also!" and from there it was my greatest pipe dream i have yet to have that we might all spend our summer together in jerusalem...

i'm always scared to love girls. i am excited for marriage so i'll be committed and can love as much as i am capable without the hesitance in wondering whether or not it will be a long term investment. that is why i am so obsessed with my friends, because i've already decided to invest in them long term, so no amount of love i can give them is too much. these past few weeks with jamie and whitney have been so good in that regard. and to all of you whom i miss...i miss you. much love in your direction from me!

i know some of you are reading this thinking, this guy is either a complete hippie or a total girl. and i'll have you know, i consider myself healthy. are you? geeze...

in the other workings of life, we recently interviewed some top dogs of the archaeological world. i know that every time i talk about an interview with an archaeologist i say that he is the top dog in all israel, but i assure you, this time, it's for real. this one guy really is! i don't have a good, on hand reason why you should believe me this time, but just do it anyway.

we interviewed doctor bentor at tel hotzar in the northern galilee area. he excavates at the largest tel in all israel [i know i also say that every tel is bigger than the next, but this one really is, believe me :] this interview wasn't feeding us the, "bible is super awesome in all regards" type information we've got from most of our previous interviews. but keep in mind, if we are going to be credible as we investigate the scripture, we can't just publish half the story, hence be totally bias. not every aspect of archaeology is in the bibles favor, but the fact that they can't possibly do archaeology in israel without the scripture makes you wonder. and as somewhat of a side note: for all those who are freaked out because they supposedly found the tomb of Jesus with his bones and crap. reliable sources testify that it's crap. we might do a video segment on it sometime later.

if you aren't familiar with the biblical story of samson, than here is a quick summery of the end of his life i want to tell you to help you understand some further information: samson is held captive by the philistines and he is chained between two pillars that support the roof of the temple. so he uses his immaculate strength and pulls the pillars down, collapsing the roof and killing himself and all the philistines inside. so with that knowledge, we talked to doctor mazar, a tenth century expert and a current archaeologist at tel rehov. he told us about a temple he excavated that was clearly designed with two primary pillars that supported the entire roof. coincidence? yeah, i think it's just a coincidence...

i am sure there are some of you waiting with baited breath [the term baited breath is one that scott used today that i thought made him sound eloquent, so i took it.] anyway, those of you waiting for our sourceflix page to do something instead of sit there like a glob of sea-jelly on the shoreline as you poke it with a stick wondering if it's alive. soon we should show some signs of life with posted video. we have been in debate about the best method of posting video, whether it be in well refined, short-film like segments or just start pasting the stinking information as it comes. naturally us boys decided to post the stinking information as it comes. so sit back, get some popcorn and prepare yourself for mind blowing online video of old guys talking about older dirt - it will rock your world!

seriously though, i never thought that a huge pile of dirt would strengthen my confidence in scripture so much...or at all for that matter.

well, that's it. i've filled my half hour time slot. there is more to tell but i'll save it so i can make this a two parter and keep you wanting. as we said when i was playing music on tour, "make em wait!" so keep in touch lovelies. there are pictures on my flickr page. the link is just below this. it says, "israel photographs." get it? israel?...photographs?...oh baby. heh heh.