Here's a word from Karen on what's happening now on Yad B'yad...
"in a about 2 hours i need to get up again to get on the bus that will take us to Krakow, Poland, where we with the kassel youth and Israeli youth will be for the next 3 days visiting Auschwitz and Birkenau.
Its been a very good week, very intense. We have been to the hospital twice, one girl jumped down some stairs and broke her foot, another had a boy step on her foot and is got sprained. Both are with crutches and limping. This is quite a challenge for the group to hold together.
We just finished tonight talking about forgiveness and hearts of stone, we also prepared ourselves watching a movie on Auschwitz and shared our Fears and Hopes with each other. Its incredible to see how after 5 days relationships are build and now the kids have both a very different access to the whole subject of the Shoa than before. They are both anxcious about what will be....we finished the evening by praying Psalm 23." |