Today started off well, but ended with our first "severe weather" test.

In the morning and early afternoon, crews continued investigations of the north foundation of the church -- exposing another 4 meters.

The northwest corner of the church is buried rather deep -- another crew continued excavations to expose it, but didn't reach it yet.

Another crew continued work trying to locate the second posthole for the fenceline surrounding the church lot -- but didn't quite reach it yet.

Work on finding a second portion of the eastern wall of the church met with little success today -- as (bad) luck would have it, our excavation unit appears to have been placed in a section where all of the foundation blocks were removed. We will have to start another excavation unit to hit that foundation wall.

The crew searching for interior features (such as the pulpit) has one of the "toughest" jobs -- this part of the church interior has been covered over some very dense clay at some point in the recent past, making excavation very difficult. However, we have finally gotten through most of that "crap" and some promising patterns of brick have emerged.

The crew working to locate the south wall continued their work -- still not deep enough. The overlying soil is much deeper on the south half of the church, but we are confident that we'll be down to it soon.

Sorry folks, no photos tonight -- in the mid-afternoon, an unexpected thunderstorm blew in very rapidly and we had to close down operations early once again. Thanks to our early warning system, we were able to get our excavations covered quickly and dismiss before the storm actually arrived. The crew performed admirably with short notice.