Thursday, June 24-10
Today we had our first meeting at the main station in Tel Aviv (where I am living and stationed). Before the meeting Moriel (my friend from home- who is doing מד''א with me) and I decided to head to the Central Bus Station (CBS) to get Rav-Kav bus cards since it is somewhat close to the station. Here we got the first idea of what it’s going to be like walking around in “in uniform”. We get to the entrance expecting the typical pre-mall security check (the CBS is connected to a mall) and instead we are greeted by, “Are you here for someone, what floor do you need!” After explaining that we just came for bus cards we carried on. A few moments later walking through the mall I stop to get a piece of pizza and someone waiting nearby just says to us, “Kol-HaKavod” (i.e. all of the repect/way to go), and before we leave a few people come up to us asking simple questions like do we know where to find _____ etc. I guess they assume that since we’re with Magen David Adom we are knowledgeable/willing to help. Anyways what I’m trying to say it that I had an amazing feeling and sense of pride walking around in my uniform for the first time and I hope it doesn’t end.
Later we got to our meeting and met the station coordinator, Yaron, and the rest of the Tel Aviv people from our course. I was pleasantly surprised that there were only 10 of us since during the course everyone seemed to be stationed in Tel Aviv, but it turns out people are living here and stationed at surrounding nearby cities. Our meeting was nice, we made our schedule for the following week and got a tour of the station. Moriel and I decided to begin asap so our first shift is tomorrow morning! Most people decided to start working on Sunday.
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