Archive for July, 2008

Friday, July 4th, 2008

My first thoughts about Israel

As we left the plane, I finally felt that this was real…. we really are leaving to live in Israel for a year.   My first feelings, while clouded by exhaustion and jet lag, were filled with a bit of apprehension and an odd juxtaposition of coming and leaving home at the same time.   [...]

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Friday, July 4th, 2008

The First Days in Our New Home

Greetings from Jerusalem. First of all, we arrived safe. Our flights were pretty uneventful. Luckily, we got Economy Plus for the longest leg, so it was a bit more comfortable. Now for what you really want to hear about. Israel. It’s been ten years since I (Chad) was here last, and five years for Jessica. [...]

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Friday, July 4th, 2008

No time for excitement

It doesn’t seem possible that we are leaving to live in another country.  It feels like we are on vacation and will be heading back to Cleveland soon.  and the excitement that everyone asks about?  It hasn’t seemed to catch up with us… rather, its somewhere in Israel waiting for us to find in a [...]

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