Tag: learning
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Skala Sykamineas
When our team finally managed to make it out to the camp we went for a 24 hour shift. It was actually three shifts, all stacked on top of each other. We arrived around three o’clock in the afternoon. The site supervisor, Laura, walked us through the different stations and we decided where we would…
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Wednesday
On the Wednesday half of our team was supposed to go out to Skala Sykamineas (the refugee camp) to work. The other half of the team was going to go out later that day to replace us. Unfortunately the weather was too bad to go out; snow was coming down quite heavy (for Greece, it…
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Tuesday
The morning after we arrived Kim, our leader, did an orientation. He discussed all the things that have been going on in Greece, a little backstory, and some of what we would be doing. The area of Lesvos we were in receives 75% of the refugees coming across. Literally all the nations of the world…
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Small Mercies
God is good. That is something I have been learning over and over again this past year. I especially learned this truth during my mission’s trip to Greece. I am a person who is afraid of a lot of things. It’s really hard for me to step out of my comfort zone and I depend…
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Deeper Still
As I go deeper into the ladies Bible study I am a part of, and learn God’s divine design for women, oh how my heart aches. How great my shortcomings. God is so good, and I am so, so wrong. He reveals my shortcomings, my sin, and the walls I have built between us. How…
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Inner Garden
I have an inner garden. Throughout the day I wander through it, tending the plants I grow. First I open the small metal gate and walk along the well groomed path. There is a large plant near the center, with a hardy resistance and showy blooms. This is my Pride, it grows unchecked and it…
More Than A Sparrow 