My trip with my family this weekend was awesome! I had a great time with them and getting to see a part of Israel that I hadn't got to explore yet. I wasn't with them for long, but I'm really glad I went and I hope to visit them again soon. My cousin Jerry is coming to Israel on Friday and everyone is coming together for dinner, so I'll get to see Leot, Aviv, and the kiddies again later on in the week. To add some clarity, Leot is Tal's sister and Yehuda's daughter, and Aviv is her husband. Friday I arrived to their Kibbutz around five. We had dinner, I played monster with the kidlets ( I get under a blanket and they jump on me while I growl), and by 9:30 everyone was exhausted. Saturday we visited a bunker that was used by the English during World War II as an escape precaution. It was also used to manufacture sulfur. I had my camera, but it was out of battery. My camera sucks the life outta those things, so Im probably going to use it very seldomly. After walking around we settled down for lunch and various games such like Frisbee and Matcot, which is a game where you and a friend hit a small rubber ball with a jumbo sized ping pong paddle and try to keep it in the air. Then we picked food from the fields of their Kibbutz as well as their neighboring Kibbutzim. We picked potatoes, carrots, oranges and some spices. Most of all, it was just fun being with them. I see them the least out of the family in Israel. They're genuinely nice people with adorable kids. I'm hoping during my two week winter vacation I'll get to stay with them for an extended period.
Right now I'm hanging out in my apartment. I had Krav Maga and volunteering today, and in a little bit im going to the gym. After that I'm attending a lecture about Israel's current water crisis. I would tell you a little more about it, but I don't know anything, hence I'm attending the lecture. To all my friends who enjoy sports and talking sports with me, I plan on writing an NBA column soon, just because I have to talk sports, whether it's to a wall or through a computer.

More to come,
Jakey G