Mon 22.06.

At this base we raise a flag with soldiers on mondays and thursdays. Other mornings we do it by ourselves. You dont get to see soldiers so often here in this medical base. There is only few of them in our work stations. Lunch time they come to eat, but during breakfast and dinner there is only couple of soldiers. If you want to meet them, go to shekem. It is small shop/kiosk inside the base where you can buy food, snacks, soda, juice, icecream etc. Usually soldiers are very friendly and curious about you, they ask where do you come from, and why do you want to help Israel.

This morning we get to hear safety rules and had to sign paper we understand these rules. I got my army boots, they are pretty warm and sweaty...

This day's work is outdoors! Sounds bizarre but we are "cutting water" - fun fun fun! Actually we open medical kits, take out expired hemohes bag and slash it open with a scalpel. Toss bag into huge box and other equipment into other box. After that we opened really old medical bags and sort them out. Cleaning. We get more new people joining us. Here we are packing new stuff:

After lunch we had visitor. General Aharon Davidi, founder of Sar-El came to tell us a story. It was the same story as I heard last year, about young French volunteer who's legs was cut off in accident, but that did not stop her. Davidi wanted us to know how he admires her determination and percistence. He is a busy old man, meeting hundreds of volunteers and telling stories for them.

Special dinner tonight with soldiers! They are rewarded - and we are invited. Usually when you eat with soldiers, especially when officers are present, you should dress up in your uniform. Apparently some volunteers dont know this. Other thing is taking photos. You should not take pics of officers without asking permission. Speeches, promotion, speeches. Soldiers got backbags and volunteers got small led-lights. Dinner was good!

Evening meeting was about IDF history, how it all started. And how IDF is today. What it is like to join in the army. What can you do in the army. What if someone is not suitable for service. We learn many things. Our madrich is very good, he did not tell a story about IDF but he made it sound interesting by telling his own story - how he did join the army and how he experience it.