Hi To all,
So it has only been a week since i last sent a e-mail, but i have some good news. I finally have a new base and a new job in the army. On Tuesday i went to my new base which is a combat special units base in the west bank near hebron. For those of you familiar with the army it is Gadsar Nahal. It is a brand new base and the soldiers there are amazing. I got there tuesday and had interviews with many different officers since i came there without a job. Finally towards the end of the day one of the officers asked what i wanted to do. I told her I wanted to be a medic. She told me that shouldn't be a problem since I have been studying to be a nurse. So i had an interview with the doctor and I am now a medic in the clinic at the base. I will probably be going to a medics course within the next month or two and i am really excited. this is exactly what I wanted to do and many people have told me I can't be a medic because my hebrew is not good enough. well it worked out and even though my hebrew isn't great, i am still a medic. Most of the soldiers on the base speak a little english and have been helping me to improve my hebrew and that has been great. all of the guys and girls have been very welcoming to me and have made me feel like part of the base already.
So since this is a combat base I will be considered a combat soldier/combat medic at this point. what this means right now I don't exactly know. I do know that i am in the west bank, all soldiers carry guns, I will be going out as a medic on operations. Am i scared? a little. But at the same time I know that this i really what i want to do and i feel like i am fighting and defending my country more here than if i was sitting in an office in Tel aviv staring at a computer all day.
Anyway I have more time off from the army until Wednesday since monday is memorial day and tuesday is independence day as well as my birthday.
I hope that everyone is well and keep in touch!
Love,
Roxanne
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Thursday, April 8, 2010
continuing on!
Hi to all,
I hope that everyone had a great Pesach and the past few weeks have been good. This year was my first time in Israel celebrating Pesach and it was really nice. I spent the first two days of Pesach at an army resort where the army hosted about 400 lone soldiers this year for pesach. The first day the head of the IDF came and gave a speech to all of the lone soldiers as well as surprised one lone soldier by bringing his parents to Israel for the holidays. We had a big seder that night that lasted 5 hours and had amazing food. The second day at the resort there were activities and games to play as well as a lot of food to eat. It was amazing to talk to many other lone soldiers like me and hear their stories and learn why they came to serve in the IDF. I also met two boys from oregon there and that was nice to meet some other people from my home state. The rest of pesach I spent with my host family. We relaxed, went to the movies, and went to the beach. It was really nice to not be in the army for the week and to just have some time to myself and get to know my host family a little more. Having my host family has been a real blessing, they have opened their house and their hearts to welcome me into their family. I feel like i am part of their family and it has been amazing it makes me feel even more Comfortable being in Israel and leaving base every weekend. I have a home to come to now.
The week before Pesach I graduated from Mikve Alon and finished my hebrew course. Does that mean I speak fluent hebrew? not at all. I still do not feel confident in my hebrew skills and struggle a lot to communicate, but my hebrew has improved since I started the course. The last day at our base we had a ceremony and one of my host sisters came to the ceremony. It was so nice to have someone there to see me march in the ceremony and see all that i have accomplished. She also took pictures which are on facebook, so if you have facebook, you can view them on my page.
My next stop was going back to the place where I got drafted to get a job assignment. I asked to be a paramedic or some type of instructor. after two weeks of waiting I still do know know what my job is and I am hoping to find out on Sunday. There is a possibility that i will return to mikve alon to do another hebrew course to improve my hebrew even more.
I did attach two pictures the first is the end of our graduation ceremony and the second is me and one of my adopted sisters.
I hope that everyone is doing well. know that i miss you all and cannot wait to see all of you soon!
Love,
Roxanne
I hope that everyone had a great Pesach and the past few weeks have been good. This year was my first time in Israel celebrating Pesach and it was really nice. I spent the first two days of Pesach at an army resort where the army hosted about 400 lone soldiers this year for pesach. The first day the head of the IDF came and gave a speech to all of the lone soldiers as well as surprised one lone soldier by bringing his parents to Israel for the holidays. We had a big seder that night that lasted 5 hours and had amazing food. The second day at the resort there were activities and games to play as well as a lot of food to eat. It was amazing to talk to many other lone soldiers like me and hear their stories and learn why they came to serve in the IDF. I also met two boys from oregon there and that was nice to meet some other people from my home state. The rest of pesach I spent with my host family. We relaxed, went to the movies, and went to the beach. It was really nice to not be in the army for the week and to just have some time to myself and get to know my host family a little more. Having my host family has been a real blessing, they have opened their house and their hearts to welcome me into their family. I feel like i am part of their family and it has been amazing it makes me feel even more Comfortable being in Israel and leaving base every weekend. I have a home to come to now.
The week before Pesach I graduated from Mikve Alon and finished my hebrew course. Does that mean I speak fluent hebrew? not at all. I still do not feel confident in my hebrew skills and struggle a lot to communicate, but my hebrew has improved since I started the course. The last day at our base we had a ceremony and one of my host sisters came to the ceremony. It was so nice to have someone there to see me march in the ceremony and see all that i have accomplished. She also took pictures which are on facebook, so if you have facebook, you can view them on my page.
My next stop was going back to the place where I got drafted to get a job assignment. I asked to be a paramedic or some type of instructor. after two weeks of waiting I still do know know what my job is and I am hoping to find out on Sunday. There is a possibility that i will return to mikve alon to do another hebrew course to improve my hebrew even more.
I did attach two pictures the first is the end of our graduation ceremony and the second is me and one of my adopted sisters.
I hope that everyone is doing well. know that i miss you all and cannot wait to see all of you soon!
Love,
Roxanne
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