The MBIers continues to enjoy the time with their kibbutz friends. On Wednesday all of the kibbutzim headed out for their day or overnight trips. Activities ranged from kayaking down the Jordan river, banana boating on the Kinneret, taking some beautiful walks in the Golan to an area with natural pools. The rest of the their time on kibbutz also included more pool parties and evening activities.
after a relaxing few days the MBIers said goodbye to their new Israeli friends and headed to the Sataf to meet up with the rest of MBI. The Sataf is a short hiking trail and spring in the Judean Hills near Jerusalem. This was a nice way to start their last Shabbat together and nice way to cool down as they had a chance to get a little wet and splash around in the stream.
After lunch the group headed to their next hostel, Nes Harim which is tucked away in the hills of Jerusalem where they had the afternoon free to reconnect with friends they hadn't seen in a a few days and prepare for Shabbat.
For Shabbat, they enjoyed a lovely story told by Gil describing the types of choices he has had to make in his life and after dinner each kvutzah (group) presented a few memorable moments from their MBI experience which of course was followed by traditional Friday night rikud (folk dancing).
