Thanksgiving!!

Since the last time I wrote a lot of things have happened. First fo all I decided to go in to the army. I am diong a prgram called Marva. This is where I got to the army for 2 months. I start Jan. 3rd and i finish Feb. 25th. The first two weeks are my basic training and the rest of the time we are going to be on different bases throughout Israel. I am so excited. It is going to be a great experience. Another cool thing that happened was my mom came to visit me. It was so good to see her. She came in on a Wednesday afternoon. We went straight from the airport to Efrat. We have really good family friends there, the Stein Family. It was a really relaxing and fun weekend. On Friday we went into Jerusalem and participated in the first ever Jerusalem flash mob. It was one of the coolest things I have ever done. I am so glad i was able to participate because I don't think I will ever get the opportunity to do something like that again. On Sunday we made our way back to Bat Yam. I was really excited for my mom to see my apt. and to meet all my friends. On Monday we had lunch on the beach and then I had Ulpan so she just hung out. After I finished class we went up to Herzaliya to see a friend for dinner and then we went to a Maccabi Haifa basketball game. The game was so much fun and it was good to see Jese. On Tuesday we went to the shuk and the art shuk. It was a lot of fun and we got some really great stuff. After that we had lunch with Lee. It was a lot of fun. After lunch Lee took us all around Tel Aviv. We could only hang for a little because at 3:30 I was meeting with a crew coach. I learned how to crew. It is something I have always wanted to learn so i thought why not learn in Israel, maybe I will pick it up when I get home. After that we had a nice dinner and then I said goodbye. I was a really nice trip and I was glad my mom came.

Today, November 24th, the program took us to an Olympic Museum. It was one of the collest things I have ever been to. I would suggest everyone should go there. Tonight we ware giong to meet Tal Brody. He is a great basketball player and I can't wait to meet him. After taht hte sports track is having a girl's night. It's going to be a lot of fun. I can't wait. Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. W are having one big Thanksgiving feast. It's going to be great. After the feast we are all going to a club. This is going to be on the best weekends in Bat Yam. A week and a half left until I move to Arad.

Just a few things I should say:

1) My hebrew is getting so much better.

2) The trips we go on every Tuesday are amazing. On one we walked around Tel Aviv and they told us about the buildings then we went to this art gallery and the women told us about her family. I would have to say they are one of the most interesting families i have ever heard of. Another trip we went on was to the Bumba factory. We got FREE BUMBA!!!!!

See yall in 6 months.