coming to the US

Hi to all,

Hi to everyone! In a couple of days i will be flying to Oregon to see my family and visit with friends for two weeks. I am really excited ti be coming and seeing everyone. It has been so long since i have been in the US and seen everyone. I most of all cannot wait to come and give my parents and big hug and just see them in person. talking to them on the phone is good and it gives me comfort when i need it. but i need to have some parental and maternal loving. I will be leaving Israel late tuesday night and arriving in Oregon on wednesday the 19th at around 12pm from salt lake city. if anyone would like to come greet me at the airport i would love to see you and say hi. otherwise i will be in town until the 6th of june. so I plan on seeing as many people as i can and having a great time.
hope everyone is well and see you soon!
Roxanne

past weeks and trip home

I hope that everyone is well! I have been doing great. I am really enjoying my time at the new base and really enjoying my new job there as a medic. I am learning a lot and speaking more and more hebrew each day. I am learning a lot about how to run and work in the clinic and what it means to be a combat medic. This week in the west bank there have been riots in some of the arab villages so some of the medics have been stationed there. Also almost every night our unit has gone out to make arrests of terrorists or suspected terrorists so that means that i need to be on-call if something happens. It has been interesting and a little scary being right in the middle of all of this action. When you are in the cities like tel-aviv and Jerusalem you don't hear about what happens out in the west bank every day so i never knew that arrests were being made on a daily basis or that there were still riots happening.
Other than that the soldiers on the base are great. There are 4 other girls on the base from the US and they are constantly helping me with my hebrew. i am really making some great friends on the base and it has been an amazing experience.
In other news. I am coming home in 18 days! I have gotten permission from the army to come home for two weeks. so i will be home from may 19th until June 6th. I would love to see all of you and make plans to get together for coffee or something like that. I can't wait to be home and see you all.
love,
Roxanne