After a double Ulpan on Tuesday, I headed to the library for volunteering. Typically, the students leave by 6, but this time, my entire "adopted" family (Hadeel, Noor, and their 5 other siblings) all stayed late to finish english homework.
After that, Jeff, Stephanie and I had a chance to meet the actual family, when their mother showed up and thanked us for everything we were doing. She would speak in Arabic, the kids would translate to Hebrew, we would listen in Hebrew and try to understand and then respond in Hebrew so that they could translate back to Arabic for her (she also spoke Hebrew decently well as far as I could understand).
It's good thing that we learned time, waking up and going to sleep since part of the conversation was about the family and why they moved from Jerusalem to here. The father (not present) is a baker who sells bread in the Shuk. He sleeps during the day so that he gets up by 2 AM to start baking!
Afterwards, I came back to do some work in the apartment.
Today I only have Arab Kadima in the afternoon, so I am hoping to be productive this morning and make flashcards for the Hebrew words that are still difficult for me (a good portion of them). This evening I am planning to attend a birthday party, which should be a lot of fun.
Will write more later.
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