Shalom from Israel!

So I am now in Israel. I landed earlier today with Wajida, whom I lost at the airport when they took her aside for questioning. I think that was probably the most scared I have ever been, to lose a friend in a foreign country is not a fun thing to deal with. But she made it out safely and soon we will meet up and head to Jerusalem.

I'm starting to get pretty nervous about my internship, I start Monday morning which is so soon! I didn't sleep on the plane at all because all I could think of was my big day on Monday. I realized that I will be spending 71 days in Israel, 71 days to do something that I dreamed and talked about for months. So now the bar is set, will I be able to accomplish all I set out to do or will I fail? Will I exceed my own expectations or will I disappoint myself? I think those are the most legitimate concerns I have at the moment. I'm just so nervous, anxious, and afraid but I used to feel excitement every time I thought about my internship and what this summer brings. I miss that excitement and hopefully I'll be able to put my fears and concerns behind me and allow myself to enjoy the summer of my dreams.

Thats all for now, I'm going to try to get some sleep even though I am extremely jetlag. When I wake up tomorrow I will be 1 day away from moving into our apartment in Jerusalem and just 2 days away from the experience of a lifetime, my internship.

In the ancient Babylonian Talmud, one Rabbi writes הבטח מעט ועשה הרבה, translated to promise little and do much. So I will follow those words very carefully, I will not promise to change the world, I will not promise to change the lives of people, and I will not promise to impact the conflict in the Middle East. I will promise to grow and to learn and I think, for now, that is the best promise I can make.