Hey guys, Elli here.

 

All of us woke up this morning extremely fatigued due to the fact that the stray cat that Ben had named Carrot-Cake, kept us awake till the early hours of the morning by deciding to be the attention seeker of the group, and sneaking into the rooms, causing some of us to shriek into the night. In the morning we groggily made our way to our Shul, and shortly after excitedly made our way to the dining room, to have an exquisite breakfast.

 It is impossible to write without mentioning the current situation that Israel is facing with Gaza, so I'll say it straight; from breakfast till we made our way to Kibbutz, we updated ourselves as to what was going on, whether any more locations had been targeted, and discussed Israeli politics. At the same time we were all worried that our beloved Madrich, Peleg Dror would be drafted back to the army and would be sent to Gaza, fortunately for us, he is still on Kibbutz, and doesn't look like he shall be sent as yet.

 

We arrived at Kibbutz at 11:15, and an hour later we were at the bus park of Sede Eliyahu to begin our bike ride around the area. We were all excited to receive the new bikes because in comparison to the bikes we use for day-to-day riding, they were smoother, newer, and had both breaks working. 

The bike ride around the area was filled with amazing views of Tirat Tzvi, Jordan, and the Gilboa, intense bicycle races among the majority of the guys, and delightful sweets enjoyed by us all.

 

Later in the evening we had an 'anticipated' activity with our Hebrew teachers Hila and 'the Incredible Maliheh', who discussed in more detail with the group about the current situation and how they both were in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem when the sirens went off.

 

Just a final message before I finish; right now we are all incredibly safe, and there is no need to worry about us, instead you should all be worrying about the brave Israeli soldiers who have been called back to service, and their families waiting for them. Please send out your prayers and hopefully this unfortunate situation will be over very soon.