First off, sorry I have been such a slacker. It is easy to get super busy and super tired here and not leave time for blogging but I am working on it. Hope this post helps to catch you up with some highlights of the week.
Our field trip on Monday was to Yad Vashem which is the Holocaust Museum in the state of Israel. Now, I had been to the one in LA so I kinda knew what I was getting into going here. It was interesting learning the reactions the Jews living in Israel had to the Holocaust survivors who moved there after the war. I had never even thought that they would have been persecuted, but that is exactly what happened. They were thought of as cowards for not standing up to the Nazis. It was only till years later, after this museum had been built, that the people of Israel began to have a new perspective on the whole thing. This museum reflects that mentality well. It idealizes the revolts of some ghettos and does not linger much on the "cowardly" Jews of the other places. It was a unique experience for sure.
My favorite was the exhibit/hill thingy that commemorated all the children killed. It was just this dark underground room filled with mirrors and lights that represented all the children and a voice read off their names and where they were from. It was quite powerful.
On a happier note, Mark (aka Marcus) below had hurt his knee and was kinda limping around so Makara and I took it into our hands to abuse this limp and get him a wheelchair and push him around all day (don't worry Kris, your son is fine we just had to have a little fun while we had the excuse). The best was when someone put their sweater on his lap and he was just lurking in the middle of us all looking like an old grandpa (pictured below). Gave us a good laugh for sure.
Sometimes, when the weather cooperates nicely, we hit up west jeru and play ultimate frisbee. And let me tell you a story...it is some good times for sure and of course my team dominates.
The other night was our talent show in the auditorium (if i could put up a video of the whole thing I would) seriously people are sooooo talented!! Megan played guitar and I sang Mean by Taylor Swift. It was quite a nerve wracking experience but we plowed through and had a great time. Shout out to our teacher and coach Bryson below.
The majority of the time at the center, it is hard to find places to be alone so the other night we hung out in the elevator for 2 hours...it is the new bomb shelter if you are wondering ;) haha jk but great times with great people and lots of laughs.
The other day we took my first bus ride in jeru to this place called Ein Kerem to see the Chagall windows. Each represent a different one of the 12 tribes of israel. They were legit. Then we came back and hung out in the city mainly on the roofs in the Jewish quarter. Tucker and SJ decided to entertain us with a show. Mainly we were just putting off studying for finals....it happens.
Hope that helps with the quick update. More to come. Sorry again. Still in love with this place!
Ahhhh! hahahaha Love the pics of Grandpa Mark! :-) Thanks to you and your buddies for taking care of him... Also, while in the elevator, did he tell you about his experiences being taught Primary for about a year in an elevator??!! haha Yep, that is where we had to hold class for a time while living in Prague. When the kids were good, up we went...when they were naughty, down, down, down! haha Yeah, they all got to know the button to push for the basement...sadly. ;-) Thanks, again, for posting...and I hope that your finals (and everyone else's) went well. Enjoy Turkey!! :-)
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