Greetings from the kibbutz - this is Andrea Chandler and I will be guest posting on Jacob’s site until he and the rest of the group return from Jerusalem tomorrow (Saturday) evening. There were three of us on the team that stayed behind this weekend…so I offered to attempt to keep Jacob’s fans updated on what was happening on this side of the world at least for a couple of days. He was very trusting to let me do this…

Anyhoo - while the rest of the group runs around Jerusalem (not kidding about the running part - they do a LOT in 2 days), the three of us here are partying with the kibbutzniks in honor of the 70th birthday of the kibbutz. Today is a pretty big deal: we went to breakfast in the dining hall, where a buffet was set up with food and people were just milling around talking and looking at pictures, then we went for a boat ride on the sea - where a man sat and talked the whole time about the kibbutz and the mountain in Hebrew and we could only pick out words every once in a while, and then we had lunch at the fish restaurant. It was really good…and tonight they will feed us more (falafel, coffee and cake on the beach), let us do crafts (not sure what that entails) and there will be a program (in Hebrew, of course, so we will just have to laugh and clap according to what others are doing). At any rate - we’re having a fantastic time bumming around the kibbutz, being lazy, eating a lot, and trying to fit in!

So…until the next time you hear from me - which should be more today and as much tomorrow as I can fit in before Jacob gets back and bans me from his blog - farewell!

Andrea

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