Is it just me? or is it hot as hell out here!

Shalom from israel! I've been here for 3 days now and OY is it crazy! I arrived here Monday afternoon and boy did they not waiste time... I arrived here only to be rushed to the house in Ramla (which for those who don't know is about 20 min south east of Tel-Aviv) only to be greeted by the rest of the group from ramla and tiberious! at which point Erez who is a awesome guy and momo also a cool yet semi intimidating guy, oriented us to the program and welcomed us properly.

    The fun didn't stop there though that night we ( the ramla group) went to tel-aviv to a bar with one of the groups associates todd called Cafe Noga. It was a nice pool hall, and the bartender erez was also cool. that night we didn't get home till about 2 or 3 but i didn't fall asleep till ohh... 5-530 am. only to wake up at 830 to the sounds of bob marely. which was kinda funny. That morning (tuesday) We were graced by our city coordinater Chava (who is really awesome) and a few other women from the area. and they cooked us a wonderful breakfast for us. afterward we all went on a city wide scavenger hunt and each place pertained to things that we can and will be doing around town. which was really cool and interesting.  after that in the evening the house mates had some people over but i wound up meeting with a ole' friend of mine Anat who I haven't seen in a few months it was like old times! she took me to a different part of tel-aviv and we grabed a bite to eat and caught up on eachothers lives. I miss her it was great seeing her though.

       this morning though I got to finally sleep in till 11:30 WOOOHOOOO!!! it felt great at which point we had a city person come over with chava. and they talked about our volunteer oppertunities! and then they left and we had our first house meeting talking about rules and necessaties shopping wise. after the meeting a few of us took a nice 3 hr walk. YES I SAID it 3 HRS! TODAY AND DURING THE SCAVENGER HUNT! HELL THATS ALL I HAVE BEEN DOING AND YES I HAVE LIVED TO TALK ABOUT IT! HAHAHAHA!!!! to do some shopping and went to get some pretty good falafel. in the evening we went and met up with tthe cities rottery club and went to kfar bi'lu which is a moshav that harvest some amazing passion friut. it was really really good! and then we came back and here i am.

It's been a really great experience thus far.. I am really enjoying myself and my house mates are really cool! I'm really looking forward to the next few months there definitely seems to be a lot of promise for what we are doing! well people thats it for now! i have to be up in a few hours for another crazy day at the office but till then everyone stay cool! and keep it real! Peace out till next time! B'shalom,

Zac,