Adjustment time.

 Life in 2022 was certainly quite a bit different from Biblical times and Baxter was aware that he had a lot of catching up to do.

The first thing was his appearance. He had to quickly get used to modern underwear, socks and shoes and modern clothing.

Before

After

Although he was really over 2000 years old, he felt that a beard trim and a haircut made him look younger.

He knew that one thing was not going to change.

The sword would stay. He'd been able to find a suitable briefcase, so it really was problem solved on that one.

There were quite a lot of extreme changes in these times...

• Horses were scarce.
• Ripped off bread had been replaced by sliced stuff.
• There were things called bathrooms and you had to go there to poo.
• You didn't need to fetch water from a well or a river.
• Roads were very smooth.
• Women worked in many jobs, they even drove what he learned were called buses.
• Chariots, big long ones, flew like birds.

There was also the need to learn English. This is what had attracted him to a job as a relief teacher in a secondary school. He'd done well at that, though one of the parents now had an artificial limb, but he thought it was time to move on. He'd come across things called local body elections where you could stand for council - whatever that was. Being in control of others appealed to Baxter and this seemed like a good place to start.

to be continued