The good:
-I started work at a feminist organization called Isha L'isha in Haifa. It has been wonderful so far. I've been learning all about their library, and their core projects that they focus on throughout the year. It has been a great experience so far and I'm excited to continue working with them.
-Teaching at the school in Akko has become more entertaining. I'm interacting more with the students, as we get to know each other better. I also run into them all the time outside of school, which is most exciting. Today I actually ran into 5 of the students I've worked with. Three of them were walking together in a group toward me on the main road in Akko. When they saw me they all started running toward me grinning. I asked them how they were (in English) and I watched as they searched for the correct English words to explain their day. They also wanted to know where I was going and what I was doing. I try to only speak English to them therefore they won't be tempted to speak to me in Hebrew, and I think it's great that they wanted to talk with me in English not only in a classroom setting.
The bad:
-Long story short, but I was only able to get a three month tourist visa when coming to Israel. And well, since it's December right now, my three months are kind of up. I have been trying to get my visa extended for the past few weeks, but Israel loves bureaucracy and of course it's taking much longer than that. However, after just talking with the Ministry of Interior (the place that deals with visas) earlier today, they assured me everything would be all right. So as of right now I'm in limbo here in Israel, waiting to hear about the status of my visa.
-My wallet was stolen last week in Haifa on my way to my first meeting with my supervisor. But thanks to the good nature of (most) Israelis I was given some money to come back home to Akko after my meeting.
-I got a knew phone: which normally would be a wonderful thing because my old one didn't like to charge. However, since it has been a week of bad things happening to me it wasn't so great in the end. Once I got my new phone and looked in my "contacts" to call a friend, I realized that none of my "contacts" had transferred. This meant that all of my new co-worker's numbers were gone, and any new person I've met here in Israel is also gone. And of course, since we live in the age of "phone contacts", I did not write anyone's number down nor do I have anyone's number memorized. Therefore it has been interesting guessing game where I try and guess who's calling me by the voice on the other end.
So this concludes my "week of hell", as I like to call it, and I'm ready for a fresh start for this week.
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