Vacations over back to work

Hello again dear readers,

Well its back to having structure and normalcy as classes begin again tomorrow afternoon.  Or so it would seem.  As soon as we go back we are out again!  Tuesday is a Chessed day with a choice of options for us to do.  I am not sure which I will be doing yet but as always I will report back here at the end of the day.  Today was kind of a chill day for me.  Got organized and ready to go back to class, got some food supplies and just hung out for a while.  

In other news it rained like crazy here in Ramat Bet Shemesh over Shabbos!  I was out walking back to the dorms Friday night when I thought I saw a flash of lightning.  As I turned on to the main road leading back toward the apartments, my friend and I saw this massive lightning strike on the mountain next to us and then unbelievable thunder!  It was so loud I could feel it vibrating through everything, myself included.  Then we broke into a jog to try and get back to the apartments, while jumping from shelter to shelter, trying to stay out of the sheets of rain smashing down around us, and trying not to get struck.  As we came down the final stretch I could feel the water through my pants as we ran for it.  Just as we reached the door it really came down.  We watched from the inside as the sky continued its onslaught on the world.  By morning it had stopped raining and everything was soaked.  Later in the afternoon we were hanging out inside playing an amazing game of Monopoly when the wind snaked through the hardly open window and blew everything around.   Closing the windows as we went I watched as the storm started up again.  It was amazing.  This looks like it will be a good rainy season for the holy land folks, now lets see some snow!

Have a good night,

Jesse