Photos: 1: me in a large water jug in Avdat 2: Robbie (my New Zealand home repair coworker) at Maaleh Akrabim--the Scorpion Pass of Scripture 3: palm orchard at the Dead Sea agricultural center of En Hatzeva (they raise 12 different varieties of palms here) 4: Thai workers in one of the fields 5: view of the Sea of Galiliee on my food distribution trip up north