Irreplaceable Experience

The year I spent in Beit She'an, Israel was the best year of my life. Yes, there were difficulties and troubles to overcome, but the overall experience was intoxicating. Thinking back on my time there gives me a range of emotions so intense, that I sometimes try and distract myself from those thoughts.

The group experience was unique. Six strangers living in one large house, sharing a giant kitchen, and four rooms; it sounds like the Real World! And it kind of was, but without all of the messy drama.

I had a love/hate relationship with teaching that year because it challenged me in ways I never expected. But overall, thinking back on teaching, my memories are fond.

If someone asked me if I were to do it all over again, without hesitation, I would say, "Absolutely!"