A Glimpse Into Our Daily Life

 This is where we're living for six weeks. Not too shabby! We've had sunny and eighty degree weather every day since we've been  here!

Our back porch where much studying, reading, and eating takes place :-)

Our study time involves much listening and performing drills to increase fluency.

These little guys are our friends this summer! They help learn verb persons and numbers.

Our classes are held across the street in these old school buildings where other activities take place on the kibbutz.

Here's the inside of our classroom (well, we've had to change rooms since then).

Class consists of many different activities including role playing, singing, demonstrations, skits, stories, etc. which all help to internalize the language.

Another activity...this time, I was the prop!

The stories in our class are quite comical. Some, like this one, were thought through; others, however, are made up on the fly using props and other ideas we throw in as the story progresses. All of the activities and stories prepare us for the readings we have assigned for homework.

Every Friday, we celebrate Shabbat which begins in the afternoon. Here, Randall Buth is explaining the bread and the wine before we enjoy the Lord's Supper as a class. The two men standing in the background are our teachers: Jordash (left) and Aaron (right).

This week we had quite the spread: flat bread, hummus (fyi, causes terrible gas), olive oil, apricots, figs, carrots, cucumbers, wine, and juice. Yum :-)