a copy of a letter I sent to my family in England.
My son, Rom, was born here so has to do 3 years military service.
Due to the situation with Gaza, pronounced "Aza" here, his call-up was at Tal Hashomer, not Beer Sheva which is the normal office for troops from the south of the country.
We set off at at 4am. Wednesday morning to get to the center for 9am.When we got close there were no sign posts to the center and we did not know the nearest district name.Probably a security measure but without local knowledge very difficult to find.Finally I got local directions and found the center, bloody enormous, only 20 minutes late.Problem was, we said our tearful goodbyes, and set off on the return to Eilat.10 minutes into our journey we got a call from Rom saying his group would probably be able to return home for the weekend after all their tests were completed.We returned to the center where we left him where 5 different people said for sure his group would be able to return......
