I promise this is my last Israel blog, but I just wanted to say one last thing. One of the freakiest parts of Israel that you don’t see in other parts of The World is that there are like guns all over the place. And not just little guns. Like one day we stopped for gas in our IFR Tourbus and there was an Israeli girl who was like 17, wearing shorts, sandals, a white T-shirt and an Uzi (that’s a kind of gun)…strapped over her shoulder. In fact, the strap was embroidered like it was a guitar.

People always look at me in The Seems and then at my Badge and say, “How old are you?” like it’s weird for a 13 year old to be a Fixer, but in Israel you can go into the army at like 17. And EVERYONE who lives there has to go in for at least two years.

Even in some of the state parks we stopped at, the kids would be hiking and the teachers would be following behind carrying machine guns. It was weird, but not to them. I guess people also think it’s weird that someone my age can carry Fixer Tools and operate that kind of machinery. So, it’s all what you’re used to. Here are some pictures of kids like me doing “normal stuff” for them!!!