tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6799985.post109882183620645358..comments2023-10-26T17:38:51.928+03:00Comments on jerusalem wanderings: Send me to the MoonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04233784118878245882noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6799985.post-1099026904969277242004-10-29T07:15:00.000+02:002004-10-29T07:15:00.000+02:00Oh thanks Leah! We have heard how hard it is ther...Oh thanks Leah! We have heard how hard it is there to make ends meet. It is not easy here but I think far worse there. Our rulers prefer we be serfs! We would be coming on our govt of course, if it happens, as it is a job under the Corps where hubby currently is working. He thinks they are going to be building housing for either the military there or else maybe resettlements...not sure. <br /><br />We are not people who need to be entertained...I have never been bored in my life...and will not live long enough to finish all the projects I currently have on hand, I am afraid. Plus we both love to study and do research via internet, books, the scriptures, etc. We also like to have folks in to eat...but I will have to go get some training in how to cook more kosher I am afraid. Still learning about some of that. We no longer eat pork or shellfish. And being I cannot eat virtually any milk products...just butter and a bit of parmesan cheese at times...rarely do I serve those things...but still...I am very ignorant and would not want to offend anyone who was brave enough to come eat at our table! And we do not mind being kind of hermits... but his thinking, with him having diabetes, is that the medical facilities in Beer Sheba are good. Is that your opinion? His diabetes is not bad compared to others but still need to gain more control of it too. He would feel more comfortable near good doctors.<br /><br />But we will see....still do not know what he may decide to do. The election may make some decisions for us quickly. Actually we are basically a one party system...but most still think there are 2! 2 with the same basic goals is our view. And the bottom line is that I think HaShem is calling my husband to go do whatever he can to be of help and since we are not independantly wealthy...live very simply...we would have to come under a US govt job there. (We think that doing as the apostle Paul did...being a "tentmaker" per se is how we fit too. We believe in working and paying our own way). I have learned it is best to not interfere with whatever HaShem is doing in hubby's life... of course, almost everyone in our family thinks we are insane. But that is ok...many people who have done good things on this earth were looked at as being crazy....right? But timing is everything and we must be absolutely sure of that. I feel confident God will show us that in time.<br /><br />I value your observations and insights as to life there.<br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6799985.post-1098976558156232192004-10-28T17:15:00.000+02:002004-10-28T17:15:00.000+02:00Hi Elizabeth,
We only came to Israel with $2,000....Hi Elizabeth,<br /><br />We only came to Israel with $2,000. It's nothing. We bought everything here. But there are so many second hand appliances that we buy - as we did our 29" tv for $250 (much cheaper than new) - from people upgrading or leaving the country. Bedding get there. There is IKEA in Netanya, if you like their style. Furniture - get in Israel. Stuff from the US may not fit into small apartments. <br /><br />Good luck on job hunting. Tel Aviv is probably the better bet. Beersheva to me sounds terribly boring. Maybe it isn't but I haven't seen anything exciting in it, except that it's near the desert and the bedouin and that is the only thing going for it. It's hard to live here. Most people just live on faith - not money. There's not much of that here.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04233784118878245882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6799985.post-1098826427344645252004-10-26T23:33:00.000+02:002004-10-26T23:33:00.000+02:00Will you be writing a book of all your adventures?...Will you be writing a book of all your adventures? Seems every week you write something unexpected here.<br /><br />I am curious....when you moved there did you take anything much aside from personal items...isn't it very very expensive to buy furniture, bedding, etc. there? Hubby and I were pondering all that today. Those jobs you know....wondering what all might be a wise way to plan ahead.<br /><br />ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com