This past week was yet another exciting session unfortunately was the last session of BUILDING FUTURE LEADERS CONFERENCE! the first day was a interesting one on thurs. We had the honor of hearing the great and interesting speaker Neil Lazerus talk about public speaking. It was interesting, he talked about how to give a good presentation. he basicaly said take the rule book of public speaking and throw it out the window! hehe! he had some of us including myself come up and give everyone a brief preview of what we had interms of our presentations, and he critiqued us as we went along. We found it quite hilarious and yet useful, it definitely took a big weight off our sholders and gave us a different view of how to present and what not!
Friday was even more interesting in the morning we woke up nice and early to go to Neot Kedumim ( nature preserve) in the morning to work on our team work skills! yes team work!!! So we started out by doing a hula-hoop activity that was fun and "hava nagila" like! hehe ( long story). We then took a tram a bit ways down and we saw sheep and goats! now you're probably wondering what's sheep and goats have to do with team work and team building!?!? Well I'm glad you asked! well if one watchs a pack of sheep and goats the goats basicaly lead and the sheep follow. How ever as for us our challenge was to herd the sheep and goats from one point to another in groups of 7-8 people in under 10 min. I must say for people who have never herded sheep before, we did a hellava job! we did it in 9 min even though another group did it in 5 but hey it was fun it was an experience. Then we did this thing where theres one person was in the middle and there was ahook that had 4 ropes that were on pullies in 4 different sides and a sistern, and a bucket theres 4 pullers who couldnt talk and the person in the middle is giving directions however he cant talk either. it was a interesting experience it taught me that not one person is more important than the other in a job. in the end we felt pretty self accomplished. \Friday night we had a little program in review! who's line is it any way style! hehe! it was fun and entertaining.
saturday there was mostly small little break out sessions talking about last minute things for our project ( thoughts, feelings, concerns) and fundraising and what not. that evening we had a nice little graduation ceremony of sort from the program. it was nice some people presented their projects and we got certificates of completion. it was sad to see it end it was tough to part for the family that was built in 3 months time! they are awesome! and i would like to thank the organizors of the program for one bringing us together like you did and also for giving us such a great oppertunity of a life time!
In other excitement I had the chance to see David one last time before I go home! I also got to see his parents who were in town this week! unfortunately I believe i'm jinxed! see when ever i've been around his parents something has always happened. last time i saw them in cleveland they were held up and had their jewlery stolen. now this time around both david forgot his wallet on the bus and his dad got his stolen all in the same day! luckily a religious jew found it and hopefully will be smart enough to get it back to him at the university! also I had the chance to see former Cleveland shalichah Tovit! today for a nice little meet up and talk just to quickly catch up and what not. it was great seeing them all the last few days! well thats it for now please stay tuned for a very special NEW YEARS EDITION OF MY BLOG! AND I KNOW YOU GUYS BACK IN THE STATES IT'S NOT THE NEW YEAR YET BUT STILL. HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Till next time all Peace from this middle east !and also wanted to wish you all a happy new years too!!!
Zac m.!
1 comment:
You HAVE accomplished a lot these last few months and I do hope you bring to the next stage of your life all that you've done in Israel. You have lived on your own, negotiating all that needs to be taken care of in life - including food, transportation, the highs and lows of communal living, and yes, even unexpected trips to the US Embassy... all with a different language swirling around you! You've been part of a leadership program (some things don't seem to change!) and you've taken advantage of a lot of the opportunities offered you. I can't wait to see you and take in how you've grown in more ways than I can even imagine at this point.
Kol hakavod on this adventure of yours, on hanging in till the end, and all that you've learned and done!
Lookin' forward to the promised New Years' edition of your blog!
Love,
Mom
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