I sit writing my first blog entry for the Moishe House I've moved into. Sooo allow me introduce myself, Marcus, to all of you out there. We've got some catching up to do I guess.
Quickly some vital stats; aged 21, originally from Austin, TX from whence I left for two very unproductive years at Arizona State University. Left school, took a year off, lived in California and Ohio also went on Birthright. Now reside in Portland, OR and attending Portland State University studying Middle Eastern Studies.
So far the house has been great and I've been having a great time and learning a ton. When we were on our house retreat about 3 weeks ago we were driving to Eastern Oregon We had an amazing retreat in Eastern Oregon which is essentially a desert. We drove six hours east with nothing but wheat colored rolling brown hills. After about 4 hours everyone pretty much lost cell phone reception. Then all of a sudden, the skys part, the hills rise and out of no where incredible mountains emerge with a massive lake beneath them. We had reached our destination and had a great shabbat dinner that night. The pictures I attatched are from that weekend and feature all of our roommates and house advisor.
We have something like 16 events in this month of August which should make for some intense mintraneting. We've been doing these Shabbat dinner lately that have been payed for by Birthright and they've been awesome. We get 25-35 people in our house and cook them a completely kosher meal. They've been really popular and it seems like it's attracted some new people who haven't really been to our events before.
Anyway sorry if this was a little dry, I'll get the hang of this blogging thing :-]
stay up
marcus dorsen
marcusdorsen@gmail.com
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