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A song from my youth floats through my mind. Je t’aime Te amo Ya Tyibya LyubluyAni ohevet othka, I love you… Love in any language, fluently spoken here. I don’t remember any more of the song even though Sandy Patty’s…

One of my first shifts was a night shift at Sykaminias, the facility that EuroRelief runs. There were a decent number of people who came through, but the whole shift went very smoothly, as I worked the “back rope,” sending…

The last few nights my team has been at Moria, which is one of the larger camps on the island where the refugees stay until they can register and then take the ferry to Athens. At this camp, my team…

Waiting.   Many times this word comes with a negative connotation. It can mean not having your way, missing out on something, or just having to be patient.   But, today it doesn’t mean any of those things.   Today…

The commander of the Lord ’s army replied, “Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua did so.-Joshua 5:15 It was cold. It was windy. It was quiet. It was a slow night…

  I stood at the entrance to the transition camp, just a couple kilometers from where they left their boats. Their journey only beginning, but oh so much better than it has been. My only job is to smile and…

There is a lot of heaviness in our work at the camp in Moria.  Conditions are crowded, dirty, and cold.  People are tired, hungry, and many have been traveling for months- staying in the forests of Turkey for weeks. But…

The battered gray sky whips by with ominous beauty. The choppy waters below darken with the setting of the sun. My avid hope is no one comes walking up the road from the shore tonight. I hope no one braves…

As of January 2016, we’ve only been here for just under two weeks and we’ve already heard stories of boats filling up with water as they cross, and others never making it across at all. It’s a dangerous trip, yet…