for only one week with fellow green apprentices Efrat (from Petachtikva, Israel) and Serena (from Concord, MA).
Today was pretty basic: orientation, why we are here, what we hope to get out of it, trust games, etc... The course syllabus is pretty cool, I am really looking forward to the next 11 weeks on Lotan.
We also had a chance to start making mud bricks:
That's not the greatest picture, but maybe you get the sense...
Also, we are literally a few feet away from the Jordanian border, check it out:
They told us we are not allowed to walk too close to the fense because the army will call them and we'll get interrogated. No joke. Whoa.
So, life is good here and I am enjoying myself. There are 11 of us all together, it's mostly Israelis which is a little difficult because I never know what they are talking about. Oh, and this shit is hot. It's the summer, in the desert, duh. But still, where the hell is the cloud cover?! Seattle has penetrated my soul it seems.
Enough internets, it's time to connect with people.
-Katie
4 comments:
Well...hot in the desert? Who'd have guessed! I'm leaving this comment because we haven't been able to get in touch with you. Please check my email Katie - important stuff to go over. In the meantime, try to stay cool and quit playing in the mud, for heaven's sake. You'll get everything dirty!
Hmm, be careful with all that spirtual mud. You don't want to creat a golem by accident!
Have you seen any cool animals?
Don't worry I am taking care of Phi. For example she invited herself over to my house on Monday for dinner. Then she called back and said she will make us dinner. She jsut wants to be able to cook meat ;)
Sounds like Naples, hot and humid and plenty of, hm...fertilizer. We have a nephew, David Katz, and Devorah. They live in Alon Shevut, Gosh Ezion. He teaches in a Jewish School. Orthodox. 4 adorable little kids. Emailed him about you, but haven't heard from them so far. try devorahk@gmail.com. Now I learned what a "blog" is.
jb, dude, i should totally build a golem! good idea. animals, hmm... not really, but there are a lot of kibbutz dogs and cats. thanks for taking care of p. diddy. lord knows its a handfull. hope you are well! tell rob i say shalom.
(grandma, i'm glad you now know what a blog is! and i will try to get in touch with david. love you.)
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