volunteering at the farm and Inbal's house!

Friday February 7, 2014

Every Friday, EIE participates in different volunteer programs throughout Israel. This week we went to an organic farm where we helped move and remove rocks in a garden. This farm was very motivating because they mostly employee teenagers who haven’t completed high school. The farm then offers jobs and an education in agriculture to the teenagers. After the trip to the farm, Naomi Ramo-Gisser and I got into a taxi to go to Inbal’s house (Inbal is our friend from camp).  Our taxi driver’s name was Yossi and he was hilarious! As soon as we got on the high way he rolled down the windows and blasted Mama Mia the whole way to Netanya, which is an hour and fifteen-minute drive from Tzuba. We finally got to Inbal’s house and I was so excited that I jumped out of the cab and gave her the biggest hug! I have known Inbal since my second summer at camp, which was eight years ago, and I finally got to meet her best friend Kamie who I have heard so many stories about!  Then we all sat down for a beautiful Shabbat dinner myself, Naomi, Inbal, Kamie, Gidon (Inbal’s older brother), Edan (Inbal’s younger brother), Mimi (Inbal’s mom) and Itzik (Inbal’s dad). Naomi and I were so tired we crashed at 12:30. On Saturday we had a nice long sleep in until 11:00 and when we finally got up we went to the BEACH!!!! Although it was not warm enough to go into the water it was warm enough to be there! At 6:00 the taxi came to bring us back to Tzuba. Unfortunately, the ride was not as fun there was no Mama Mia and it was a different taxi driver that was rude and his car reeked of smoke.  We finally got back and did Havdallah with the group lead by Hannah Frayman that made me think of NFTY-NEL! It was just an amazing weekend being able to get out of the bubble of the kibbutz was really nice!