I am new to this whole blogging business, but I hope that while I am away everyone that wants to follow what I am doing can! I arrived safely to Tel Aviv on Monday afternoon. The flight and entering customs went just fine.
I am staying at a Lutheran Guest House located on the Mount of Olives. I have my own bedroom & bathroom, but share the common area. It is perfect for my three month stay. LGH is right across the street from Mercy Corps, which is a beautiful walk in 65 degree weather. :) From my office I can see the Old City, which is a wonderful view. I will attach a picture one of these days.
I started working on Wednesday morning. It was a quick turnaround after my flight and felt exhausted the next day. I sat through a three hour meeting, which was in Arabic... as many of you know I know close to zero Arabic. They are starting a new club team in Hebron. This is very exciting because that makes four active sports teams in the west bank. They are having a hard time getting the program off the ground, so hopefully by the end of my stay here that will be running. Today was office day! I worked on the wheelchair production, hopefully everything will be set in the next couple weeks and they can begin producing the sport wheelchair.
All in all, everything is great! The weather is wonderful! (sorry for everyone in snow! :)) They tell me that this is too nice for february and they worry about a drought this summer, but right now I am not complaining. haha
I hope to continue this blog every couple days and add pictures and such. Hope to keep you all informed on everything.
Carlee
Hey Carlee - great idea to set up this blog - thanks for letting me know about it. 65 degrees huh? I believe it is almost up to 10 degrees as I write this. As my postman said this morning - "Great weather if you are a penguin."
ReplyDeleteMust be a challenge to sit through a long meeting in a language you don't speak!
I look forward to reading more reports.
hey car! our blogs have the same layout! haha, love it! sounds like you are going to have an amazing experience....I am so excited to hear about everything else you are going to do there!!! thanks for keeping us all updated! Love you and I'm praying for you!
ReplyDeleteHi Carlee - Your mom sent me your blog. I will definitely keep up with your adventures! I am so thankful that you arrived safely. I will continue to keep you in my prayers!!
ReplyDeleteLove you!
Your kinda of "Aunt Sue"