FAMILY UPDATE

As many of you know, we have been in Israel for 1 year and 4 months! Here are Jack & Savannah talking a little about what they like and what they have experienced in Israel over the past 16 months:

Watch (above) what Jack & Savannah have to say!

Living life in Israel.....

We continue to learn how to live in Israel! Interacting with the culture and learning the language...sometimes it is difficult and sometimes surprisingly fun: it's definitely always an adventure. We have a come a long way, but at times it feels like we have so far to go...

Swinging at the park...

Tammy, Patrick, and the Wilsons!

Jackson is 10!

Jackson, Savannah, Matti, & Tsurry

Savannah is holding a bible study with Jackson and a few other friends

Cousins

Brothers

Savannah, our family's "personal chef"

Savannah's cinnamon rolls

Savannah's Cinnamon roll......ready to eat

The kids having our version of Chick-Fil-A for dinner.

Driving to Christmas Eve Service

Jacob & Sydney going to a youth camp called Katzir

Ukelele for Christmas

Beautiful roses from our yard

Lemons from our yard

Patrick & Rami

Tammy, Katie, & Ellarie

Family leaving for Pesach Seder

Pesach (Passover) table setting

Sydney preparing food for Passover

Sydney, her friend Zahava, and Ellarie

Honey

Tiger

Jacob camel-riding in Jerusalem

Sydney on a camel in Jerusalem

Tammy & Patrick, Tammy's parents, and also Avi & Hannah

"Mutants" in our house!

at a wedding

Savannah's "slime" Birthday Party. She is 12!

Tex-Mex we made for the Young Adults

Noya & Hagit making burritos

Thankful for the electronic English menus we can use at some rare places in Israel

coffee

Chicken & dumplings

A Hebrew beef-cuts chart

Home Schooling.....

Our kids continue to work on their schooling and Tammy continues to pour herself out daily in this task!

Jacob helping Jack with school

Jackson reading

Sydney doing schoolwork

Jackson showing his Shabbat School work

Sometimes you do school, and sometimes your feet do the learning

Media School for Patrick....

Patrick continues to spend about 10 hours per week attending the Tiltan School of Design & Visual Communication. Currently he is learning graphic design which he hopes to be able to add to his skillset and to augment his filmmaking.

Tiltan School of Design & Visual Communication

Currently learning to use Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & InDesign

Aft Project for Tiltan

View of the Haifa port from Tiltan with the Krayot in the background

Family Day.....

Although we are not always successful at making it happen, in order to help our family adjust to life in Israel, we continue to try to spend one day per week together as a family, doing a fun activity or visiting a place in Israel that is new to the kids or to all of us.