Heyyy parents!! (and anyone else interested)
Time for the daily update from your very own Pittsburgh Diller teen fellows!
On Friday, we had our breakfast and were joined once again by our Israeli fellows!! We had a surprise birthday celebration for Leehee with yummy cake and balloons.. Then we went to the opening ceremony for the international congress which was full of lots of passionate cheering and singing. We then were split into our color groups and did some ice breakers as a group and had an interesting workshop with the theme of language. In the evening we had a Diller-wide kabbalat Shabbat with everyone dressed in white.. It was a very beautiful sight. We also did a cool activity before we brought in Shabbat, where we were given an empty postcard with the name of a fellow in a different cohort. We wrote to them a Shabbat blessing and then went to find them and give them the postcard. We also were found by people in other groups who had been given our names. It was a neat experience.
The next morning we had a realllllly late breakfast.....9:30!! To start off our day we separated into Americans and Israelis and discussed the day's parascha. After a short break, we had a workshop with the theme of family. Everyone told stories of the travels of their family history. After a lunch of chicken nuggets we got time to hang out by the pool and meet more people. The best part of the day was getting together as a cohort after the break and receive the letters that our parents wrote to us. The day ended with a havdallah service and a discussion about tisha b'av. So far congress is going great and we are all waiting for more!
Your leaders of the Day,
Noa, Sarah, Simon and Bailey