Weekly Update

Thursday: 

Just another school day in Israel. For Jewish History today we walked to a place known as Sataf and had class while hiking down the hill to our buses on the bottom. We got to see terraces that were built Into the sides of the hills for farming in ancient times and go through a little tunnel which led to the source of the water being used for agriculture. Then we came back to the Kibbutz and had our other classes. After they finished, we had dinner then went out to a mall in Jerusalem (a school week here is Sunday- Thursday so this was our "Friday" night). I walked around there with my friends Tessa, Ophir, and Ben. We went to Toys R Us and Aroma where we got some really good chocolate croissants :D. We were also debating getting a pet from the pet store but then we were told we weren't allowed hahaha. 

Friday: 

Today we got to sleep in a bit, and it was amazingggg. We had our first tzedakah project this morning. We went to a farm where they hire kids who aren't in school and give them a job and an education on life skills like financing and stuff. When we came back we went to lunch then had some free time. Me and a bunch of other people decided that we wanted to hike up the the Tel. It was maybe a 10 minute walk to the top of the hill and just wow. There were ruins from a bunch of different things like an old crusader castle and there was also barb wire from more recent times during the war of independence. On top of how cool that was, the view was stunning. It felt like we were on top of the world. We spent an hour or so climbing around the ruins then came back to get ready for Shabbat. After dinner and our oneg Shabbat, some of us went to the party. I went for a little bit then left and ended up going for a walk with my friend. We found some places with a really nice view on the kibbutz and saw a shooting star and befriended a cat which we then named Ginger and then went and hung out in the spice garden.

Saturday: 

Had another day to sleep in...yay! Me and my friend Tessa made chocolate cake in a mug today, and it was really really good. Since a lot of people went out this weekend, there are only 50 of us here. We did some hw in the street and hung out. We also got to see the little "chocolate factory"/chocolate store which is on the kibbutz. Now we know where to go if we want real ice cream!