Flying into Israel!

Finally in the air, after six months of planning and preparation. It’s hard to believe it, we’re about two hours away from landing. It’s funny because for a while we thought we wouldn’t even get to this point. At first, we had accepted 15 people out of 45 applicants--but after the Gaza incursion, the economy crash, and other general problems, we came down to 6 total. But the thing is, I think we 6 are going to be just as effective as a larger group--why? Because our impact per person is greater. That doesn’t mean I wasn’t nervous however...I was worried that someone wasn’t going to show up...that I would get a phone call the last minute. But no one did. Everyone came. And now, we’re getting ready to have the time of our lives. Also, to top things off we ran into Berry Sakharof and his band, who are on our flight. He’s the equivalent of Bono or Bruce Springsteen for Israeli Music...absolutely amazing, and we hadn’t even left New York!