Israel Winter Seminar - December 29, 2014

It is hard to believe that our community week is already coming to an end.  Tomorrow morning we will leave Yerucham.  We spent much of the day today and yesterday volunteering around Yerucham as our way of giving back to the city that has given us so much this past week and year.  

Yesterday we spent the morning volunteering by stocking shelves and organizing at a second hand store.  

In the afternoon, before heading out for a free evening with our host families, we taught two 6th grade classes at a public elementary school.  We started our program with them by playing a name game, to teach them to introduce themselves in English.  Then we talked with them about some of the similarities and differences between Miami and Yerucham and ended by painting murals.  

This morning, we went to school with our Israelis - a very different experience than high school in America!  Then, we went to a public park and fixed a bench for kids to hang out.  

It has been really fun to be able to spend some time giving back to Yerucham.  I am so happy to have been able to leave my mark on such a great town.  We will all miss it here!