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| Here we go! |
Greetings friends and families!
We are back home safe and sound from an amazing trip to Greece. Over the next week I will be posting pictures and relating a few of the many stories I could relate to you about our week in this beautiful country.
Day 1 Epic Day and Day of Fun and Love of Neighbor
Winston-Salem 6:15am
Drive to Raleigh
Fly from Raleigh to Philly
Fly from Philly to Athens.
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| Pretzels for all! |
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| 6 plus hours of lay over - back side |
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| side side |
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| the intrepid leader |
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| laura likes to travel in cognito |
We arrived the next morning and had lunch (Greek food is AMAZING Y'ALL!) and had orientation with Mihalis.
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| The man the myth - Mihalis |
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| Orientation was serious business |
The plan was to welcome a busload of refugees to our location and love on them for the day. We were a bit nervous about language barriers and cultural differences.
But when I walked down to greet them as they arrived, three children ran straight into my arms and I picked them up, swung them around, and I knew we were going to be OK
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| precious |
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| b-ball |
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| jammin |
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| groovin |
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| craftin |
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| it's amazing what you can do with pipe cleaners |
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| beautiful |
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| this guy single handedly kept the Americans in the epic soccer game we played |
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| this guy was one of my first instant connections |
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| this guy is one heck of a soccer player and a great dad as well |
(I have been given permission to share pictures, but have been instructed not to use names or locations for safety considerations)
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| what a group! |
We had a fun-filled dinner and after that came...
THE DANCE PARTY
I have never seen so many facebook lives going on all at once!
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We danced into the night until it was time to go.
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| Clean up crew |
I was really proud of the Fellows. They gave it all they had from 6:15am Monday morning to 11:00pm Tuesday night!
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| Kelly in her element |
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| together-ness |
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| Stay tuned - this was our LEAST eventful day... |
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