tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48915163668125667482024-02-20T20:00:59.436-08:00Leadership Greece 2011Patjeter Project at Porta - Athens, Greece.
Baylor students team with Albanian partners to explore leadership and share about and experience life together.
Leaders: Kelli McMahan & Jeff WalterKelli McMahan & Jeff Walter - Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677459524124502200noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891516366812566748.post-65891990662383494302011-07-20T14:43:00.000-07:002011-07-20T14:43:59.518-07:00Rock Climbing, Team Building, Celebrating and Saying Good-bye<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hello from the Cosmovision Center in Athens.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">(7/20/11): This is Kelli and it is Wednesday morning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Today is our last full day with our Albanian friends and our hearts our beginning to feel heavy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think Jeff mentioned that we have been hearing each of the student’s life stories which has certainly enriched our relationships with one another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are also learning more and more of the hardships of the Albanian's, their courage and their resolve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The last two days have been just amazing and busy which is why we haven’t blogged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have included a few photos of the Cosmovision facility, George and Fotis Romeos, the two brothers that coordinate this ministry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yesterday, we left Cosmovision fairly early and drove about 45 minutes to one of the 7 mountains that surround Athens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is called Mt.Parnitha.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We rock climbed on Pera Veraymbisi which means “big rock.” Jeff was a great photographer and I have included some photos of the student’s rock climbing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After dinner, Sotiris and Athoula Boiklis, friends of George and Fotis, taught us all some Greek dances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We were all busy dancing so – no photos but it was fun for all!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You may be wondering when we sleep -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we don’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> OK, good news - more dancing occurred tonight and I caught a few photos. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2PMMVyEtPtI8auircG1o9lNY74B4uDYy_dv21Ff97BouJXNsrSCOnHQz1iayHsvwH_y9sSsaD3a362O75qnQOoZd79IkRv5H3rX1Kut2a_Hz2j8ZTUA-94pbFbMianv-zFG5_MQ-KRkM/s320/P1010552.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0sGDH1-gH4e4G_Adjx5qlOUc56NWECtF6bq2HQAf9KezHXfzxp8eFBpgod3ogwcl8ucbuq-1s5aiduRKRmrykg79rGaiAUS3o5-vhIMxhrBUPqGwDXvBU2xSRuaHSmAIwS3pn2QptLM/s1600/P1010574.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 240px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 267px;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq0sGDH1-gH4e4G_Adjx5qlOUc56NWECtF6bq2HQAf9KezHXfzxp8eFBpgod3ogwcl8ucbuq-1s5aiduRKRmrykg79rGaiAUS3o5-vhIMxhrBUPqGwDXvBU2xSRuaHSmAIwS3pn2QptLM/s320/P1010574.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Hiking in to the rock site.</span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieix37cDd5C-cmZgC3Zs1RVo-Ri5a_Wj1vrUUUtuN9q6_J9IhEzmX85tnPf4PuURrzvS_-1ZqIkANauqXtSmTyriWobz8_MbaBY9NWx5-16-jEh_hz39iyMYpBOgfPhs1Rb3IPheAUVmo/s1600/P1010601.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieix37cDd5C-cmZgC3Zs1RVo-Ri5a_Wj1vrUUUtuN9q6_J9IhEzmX85tnPf4PuURrzvS_-1ZqIkANauqXtSmTyriWobz8_MbaBY9NWx5-16-jEh_hz39iyMYpBOgfPhs1Rb3IPheAUVmo/s320/P1010601.JPG" t$="true" width="174" /></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Today, the students participated in some team building activities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>David led us in a great session on “Sharpening the Saw” and the students took some time to set some goals for the near future. Tonight we had a fantastic Greek dinner outside prepared lovingly by Mary (Fotis’ wife) and Nafsika.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed a breeze and beautiful sunset.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Check out the pictures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I can assure you that Greek food is delicious and the setting and company made for a delightful evening.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We celebrated the success of the inaugural Patjeter project, those people whose contributions made the progress possible, the Cosmovision staff, the Newells and of course, our incredible students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyw0LdH9RSYBti09Xo1kXKU615GmgDCHN19g-phlBJuXbRUemOuAQ63gs4mIEmE435AQRJF8imsUIeAAd9FJC6N_6hI8IRx66THYvti94vZ9nE6G1mcHw-8_WVovhUyLCSwpUuzlNQ9Zc/s1600/Cosmo+Mon%252C+Tues%252C+Wed+020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyw0LdH9RSYBti09Xo1kXKU615GmgDCHN19g-phlBJuXbRUemOuAQ63gs4mIEmE435AQRJF8imsUIeAAd9FJC6N_6hI8IRx66THYvti94vZ9nE6G1mcHw-8_WVovhUyLCSwpUuzlNQ9Zc/s320/Cosmo+Mon%252C+Tues%252C+Wed+020.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Trust Walk</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G8xBRq-L1HhFYx14ubla_0YxHFfNaiNHYP3RXOGrnh088DodAOsqz3DavEwaZLjBa0AssTr6jHPHYI1rMVKuyRvuJOPmy0huXxWJXKpiWBaiR2wrzHKHvV2bsekjzKVYd5INw3JHtNk/s1600/Cosmo+Mon%252C+Tues%252C+Wed+059.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G8xBRq-L1HhFYx14ubla_0YxHFfNaiNHYP3RXOGrnh088DodAOsqz3DavEwaZLjBa0AssTr6jHPHYI1rMVKuyRvuJOPmy0huXxWJXKpiWBaiR2wrzHKHvV2bsekjzKVYd5INw3JHtNk/s320/Cosmo+Mon%252C+Tues%252C+Wed+059.jpg" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Working it out - how to create a star from a circle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCbuD7ge_C3hbSQVyoBiEPVc9kMi8ah2EnLzIgg-11hsbjLyHHg0tIlK8f3MvwrXk-pgSOBjhGlPVjiKPhEM9HP83XVB1OPd-1BZ5Rd-3ag1y5F7REo8OCr7CemHJTMxnZ24Gx8DRlh8/s1600/P1010650.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCbuD7ge_C3hbSQVyoBiEPVc9kMi8ah2EnLzIgg-11hsbjLyHHg0tIlK8f3MvwrXk-pgSOBjhGlPVjiKPhEM9HP83XVB1OPd-1BZ5Rd-3ag1y5F7REo8OCr7CemHJTMxnZ24Gx8DRlh8/s320/P1010650.JPG" t$="true" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Greek dinner</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bob read the following which sums up our sentiment as we near our final morning in Athens.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tomorrow the Baylor students will leave for their debrief and the Albanian’s will return home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>“All the hellos I have ever met had something in common.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They have all been carrying something out of sight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The something that is hidden behind every hello is a goodbye. Every hello that has ever been spoken has had a good bye tucked away somewhere, deep inside, waiting for some moving day or some graduation day or some retiring or relocating or dying day, some eventual inevitable someday when the goodbye that was hidden in the hello will find its way out into the open.</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>That is just the unalterable, inescapable nature of life. In the entire history of the world, there has never once been a hello that wasn’t carrying a goodbye in its back pocket. And the more that first hello turns out to matter, the more that last goodbye turns out to hurt. Such is the way of life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only way to escape having someday to say a goodbye that really hurts is to avoid every saying a hello that really matters. But never to say a hello that really matters means never to know the immense joy of loving your family or having real friends. You cannot anesthetize yourself to the eventual pain of a goodbye that hurts without also numbing yourself to the incredible joy of a hello that matters.”</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em>(Charles E. Poole, The Tug of Home)</em></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">During the reading there was not a dry eye in the group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Relational ministry has that consequence if it’s done right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Patjeter Project 2011 was done right.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mission accomplished, Baylor!</span></div>Kelli McMahan & Jeff Walter - Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677459524124502200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891516366812566748.post-62357655202512330922011-07-18T15:58:00.000-07:002011-07-18T16:07:41.893-07:00If it's Monday this must be Porto RaftiYasas, Y'all! It's me, Jeff, blogging to you from Athens! Greetings from your Baylor Missions team! <br />
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7/18/11: This is our first full day at Cosmovision and (again) it could not have gone better. First a word about Cosmovision. It is a Christian camp near the Athens airport (but not too close) that was established in 1994 by two Greek brothers, George and Fotis Romeos. It has a soccer field, sand volleyball, a ropes course, dorms and nice meeting rooms. We have the place to ourselves. The best part of Cosmovision is the hospitality of our hosts. These are quality guys. They are contagious Christians and they love sports. It's fun talking college basketball with them because they are friends with Baylor's basketball coach, Scott Drew, who has spent time here at Cosmo. <br />
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OK. now to the update...<br />
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We started the day with a devotional. All the Baylor students and several of their Albanian partners attended. Chris and Ashton did a nice job leading. Scripture, music and prayer helped start what turned out to be a very enjoyable day. <br />
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Then, students interviewed each other around their "body maps" from last week at PORTA.<br />
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"Active listening" was the leadership principle du jour. Kelli facilitated several great initiatives such as the trust walk and blind object retrival. There was a lot of happy students moving around with (and some without) blindfolds. I wish you could have heard the meaningful comments several students made at the debriefs. Its so gratifying to see them "get it" on a daily basis. <br />
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This Baylor Missions Trip is all about relational ministry. We talk about leadership concepts, but our real ministry is the mentoring relationships our students have with their Albanian partners. If those relationships don't succeed, the mission is not accomplished. As you may have picked up in previous blogs, the relationships are not only working, they are amazing! Mission accomplished already, Baylor!<br />
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After a tastey Cosmo lunch, it was off to a nearby Greek beach, Porto Rafti. It was ugly and we had no fun at all. Check that. It was indescribably beautiful and we had a ball. Which is it? You tell me...:<br />
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Post dinner, Andrew Yarbrough did another excellent presentation, this time on the highly effective habit of "win-win." I suspect this one was new to the Albanians. Andrew got the message across well and got a round of applause when done.<br />
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Our last session each night this week centers around the life stories of each of the 20 students. Each gets a mere 5 minutes to talk about their lives, then field questions from the group. These are great people and it helps to know how they got to be this way. (Some of you reading this blog had a hand in it and should feel really good about your kid and yourself.)<br />
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Let me conclude with a word about how we are addressing our Christian faith here. Our new Albanian friends, you should know, have not had the advantages growing up in a place where a relationship with Jesus Christ is an option. These kids don't go to the local Greek Orthodox Church or any other church (with two exceptions) and their parents grew up in a country where God was explicitly denied in the constitution. So we have to be gentle and sensitive when we mention Christ. We do mention Him and several of the Baylor students have had wonderful conversations, one-on-one, with their Albanian partners. Again, this is a relational ministry. In my humble opinion, its the most effective way to deliver the precious message of God. Baylor students are doing just that here in Athens. <br />
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Do us a favor. When this mission trip comes to mind, please pray for us. We are in the home stretch and good things are still to come.<br />
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Thank you!!<br />
JeffKelli McMahan & Jeff Walter - Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677459524124502200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891516366812566748.post-44174269916339524542011-07-17T16:13:00.000-07:002011-07-17T16:13:16.833-07:00Live from Cosmovision<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yasas (hello) –</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is Sunday afternoon around 3:45 p.m. and it has been a very busy yet rewarding last couple of days.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I think Jeff left off with some highlights from our game of snort on Thursday, a visit to the Agora and shopping at the Plaka.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have included some photos of our dinner that night which Jeff referenced. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEmv2KW-JRq2P2SCz5byeqCxtWomYueFXZHMJqp-madqbyAANxhDW39va0Rq93Q3A4RjQZgC53zsY69U6x2kAxWWLFEkcuvzWHNK3lM5GcQv12FBwGWihqyilqA55JURBQ3R4-6Qf3tE/s1600/July+14+038+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGEmv2KW-JRq2P2SCz5byeqCxtWomYueFXZHMJqp-madqbyAANxhDW39va0Rq93Q3A4RjQZgC53zsY69U6x2kAxWWLFEkcuvzWHNK3lM5GcQv12FBwGWihqyilqA55JURBQ3R4-6Qf3tE/s320/July+14+038+%25282%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chris, Ashton, David, Ryan, Adi and.... </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoJnVUgCW02uWO4x9KvcLGd8nOHSAeseD8nhdBNm3rW4t8K_H34y0KZPNJCaPisCpWer1JfvLyGVbzrhTfM8bUfvNmcQmpYMPpvvHI0dBlyuZW5UaVb2oJuPccIgalg5i0LQo0BwyhBc/s1600/July+14+038+%25288%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRoJnVUgCW02uWO4x9KvcLGd8nOHSAeseD8nhdBNm3rW4t8K_H34y0KZPNJCaPisCpWer1JfvLyGVbzrhTfM8bUfvNmcQmpYMPpvvHI0dBlyuZW5UaVb2oJuPccIgalg5i0LQo0BwyhBc/s320/July+14+038+%25288%2529.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Caitlin, Emma and Andrew smiling despite their need for immediate sustinance.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Well, not Andrew at this moment, but he was smiling immediately after this photo was snapped.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7/15/11: On Friday, both Baylor Bears and Albanians visited the Acrocorinth, saw the canal connecting the Sironic Gulf and the Gulf of Corinth, the Diolcos which is a road that has been preserved that was once used to transfer boats and cargo before the canal was in existent and then we concluded the day with a tour of Ancient Corinth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was the place Paul visited several times and on the first occasion spent 18 months and where he wrote Romans, Galatians and 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> Thessalonians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Bema, we saw the location where he likely stood before the constellate Gallio.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a really neat experience.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We also had a wonderful guide name Voula who gave great testimony to the Christian significance of this place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXg7otAR72YRKhSmnI0XcqyUETp1FgSSNoDhpFOwrzbE91ZDmWOFSw3mbXiaDEUovRVpYGb4AwJ0Ydm8ihU0MhSfwXS4qxxpIqME0oCbobfLTa8Duq30F4Dykq63Z3ZCulNjMvM18Aa0M/s1600/Day+5+003.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXg7otAR72YRKhSmnI0XcqyUETp1FgSSNoDhpFOwrzbE91ZDmWOFSw3mbXiaDEUovRVpYGb4AwJ0Ydm8ihU0MhSfwXS4qxxpIqME0oCbobfLTa8Duq30F4Dykq63Z3ZCulNjMvM18Aa0M/s320/Day+5+003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Corinth Canal</div><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">7/16/11: On Saturday, the Baylor team had the day off.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We woke early and took a long bus ride to the Port of Piraeus where we took a 45 minute boat ride on a hydra foil (this type of boat travels very fast) to an Island called Aegina.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ate lunch and then took another short boat ride to a beach where we found relief from the heat in crystal blue waters or shade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a nice afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>We returned to Athens around 7:15 and ate a fantastic dinner at the home of Janice and Bob around 8:30 p.m. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Knowing that we were missing Mexican food, Janice and Bob had prepared a seven layer dip, Mexican casserole and we had a salad with ranch dressing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We enjoyed peach cobbler as well. It was a wonderful evening <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mainly</i> because the Newell’s are wonderful people.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94NeWyW6io7tJR1QNP32XXQaav9ufPfeQZ0UmXnEuXD5Mgp-HmvGeI4OWrcj6B2GYMKbMzRMq_H1wAyvFvaUtZZZUWKNXZADibzaeMN45Q9tiF-f6y1_UpfzStaRroOqCvHbVxT0LtM4/s1600/Day+July+16+Saturday+001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj94NeWyW6io7tJR1QNP32XXQaav9ufPfeQZ0UmXnEuXD5Mgp-HmvGeI4OWrcj6B2GYMKbMzRMq_H1wAyvFvaUtZZZUWKNXZADibzaeMN45Q9tiF-f6y1_UpfzStaRroOqCvHbVxT0LtM4/s320/Day+July+16+Saturday+001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">getting tickets for the trip to Aegina Island</div><br />
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7/14/2011: Thursday night in Athens and we are ending Day 4 of the Patjeter Project. This was another unforgettable, inspiring, positive, exhausting and wonderful day. I wouldn't have it any other way. <br />
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As you recall from previous blogs (Kelli and Ashton so far), we have 10 Baylor students partnered with 10 Albanian teenagers. To say these 20 students have bonded is a gross understatement. There are cultural differences to be sure, but there are many more things these students are celebrating they have in common. Enthusiasm for the premier of Harry Potter last night is one of them. (They have also been uniform in their amusement about my sleeping through the film.)<br />
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This morning we started with games on the street outside PORTA. Frankly, I have never laughed harder than during the "snort" game. The object of the game is to get someone next to you to laugh when you snort like a pig in their face. If either of you laugh, you're out. Here are some photos that don't do it justice:<br />
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The day just got better when we went to Mars Hill and heard the very words that the Apostle Paul preached from Acts 17:16-34, from Kyle in English and from Adi (our interpreter) in Greek, in the very place he spoke them.<br />
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I think we all feel blessed to be able to leave the routine of our lives to come to a place outside the boundaries of our imagination and reality and see the evidence of God at work. We join in for just a short time for something that began before we arrived and will continue when we return home. It causes us, just like the Athenians many centuries ago, to want to hear more, follow more faithfully and believe deeper.<br />
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Here are a few photos from the last two days of activities. Don't forget to view more on the facebook page.<br />
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<div class="MsoPlainText" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Consolas;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hi friends, this is Ashton! My partner is Kisla, she is a 17 year old student who has lived in Athens for most of her life, but she still has a lot of family in Albania. From the first day of Patjeter, we had an instant connection. We have very similar personalities and a lot of commonalities. I have LOVED getting to know her in the past three days. While I am here to share wisdom with her, I feel as if she has taught me so much more. She has a huge heart for service, and she is very eager to learn more about how to use her gifts and talents to love on others. I really admire her strength to endure hardships and her reliance on Christ.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Athens is a very difficult place for young believers. Christians are definitely a minority, and there isn’t a support system or a community of believers. Today we had the opportunity to pray together for the first time, and I am excited to see how the Lord is going to continue to work in each of our hearts. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div>Kelli McMahan & Jeff Walter - Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677459524124502200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891516366812566748.post-6638097122640479782011-07-12T14:06:00.000-07:002011-07-13T13:34:19.911-07:00Patjeter Partners 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOBiGs8Et59uG5gd7K6ovF2kq2P8yiNUovOeTEoTz_MRmSZ4tV9mcY1h2m5XZ0zhEfCR07dov4Qm94jokmdXPHoVHW2J-dCUt-KaFZeFLOqm6HeJhJgbG2M_I340L7mm_lfOaZRWdDn8/s320/P1010139.JPG" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">July 12, 2011</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Atop The Acropolis: Baylor Bears and Albanians do a Sic 'em!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">July 11, 2011, was</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">great</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">day</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Our</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Albanian</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">partners</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">arrived</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">soon</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">all</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">anxiety</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">that</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">might</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">have</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">existed</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">quickly</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">disappeared</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">as</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">room</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">filled</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">with</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">joyful</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">chatter</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Our</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">morning</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">sessions</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">included</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">discussion</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">on</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">cultural</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">awareness</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> two presentations by Ryan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">gave</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">great</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">introduction</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Sean</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Covey's</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">book</span>, "<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Seven</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Habits</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Highly</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Effective</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Teens</span>" <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and </span>provided<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;"> some great insight to </span>the <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">concept</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">paradigms</span> (<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">also</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">found</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">in</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">book</span>.) <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Each</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Albanian</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">student</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">took</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">strength</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">finders</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">assessment</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">was</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">given</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">their</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">top</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">five</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">strengths,</span> out of a total of 34,which <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">fall</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">into</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">one</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">four</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">dimensions</span>: t<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">hinking</span>, r<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">elating</span>, i<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">mpacting</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> s<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">triving</span>. W<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">e</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">will</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">be</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">having</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">several</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">strength</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">related</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">conversations</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">hopefully</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">lots</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">application</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">throughout</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">our</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">two</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">weeks</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">here</span>.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Around</span> 3 p.m., <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">we</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">departed</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">for</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">some</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">excursions</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">in</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">city</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">We</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">walked</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Acropolis</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">museum</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">only</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">learn</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">that</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">it</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">is</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">closed</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">on</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Monday's</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">so</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">we</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">walked</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">through</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">more</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">touristy</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">sections</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">town</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">took</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">brief</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">stop</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">at</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> Mitropoli C<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">athedral</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">where</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Bishop</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">preaches (at least that is what we were told</span>.) <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Many</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">us</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">weren't</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">allowed</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">in</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">because</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">we</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">had</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">on</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">shorts</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">but</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">snuck</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">in</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">side</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">chapel</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">while</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">others</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">toured</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">OK</span>, <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">it</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">was</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">just</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">me who snuck in</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Ha</span>! <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">We</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">then</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">walked,</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">what</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">seems</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">like</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">miles,</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">get</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">entrance</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">National</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Gardens</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">We</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">also</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">passed</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">by</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">President's</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">house</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">on</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">way</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Anyway</span>, <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">National</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Garden’s -</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">not</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">so</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">exciting, at least not in the summer.</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">The</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">students</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">preferred</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">to</span> just <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">visit</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">atop</span> a <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">large</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">tree</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">rather</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">than</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">tour</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">around</span>. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">The</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">most</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">exciting</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">thing</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">we</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">did</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">was</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">watch</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">changing</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">guards</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">First</span>, <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">all</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">of</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">guards</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">are</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">very</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">tall</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">big</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">I'm</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">not</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">sure</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">what</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">height</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">weight</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">pre-requisite</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">is</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">but</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">it</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">must</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">be</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">significant</span>. I <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">have</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">also</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">heard</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">that</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">their</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">shoes</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">are</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">quite</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">heavy</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Anyway</span>, <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">the</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">rules</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">are</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">that</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">you</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">can</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">get</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">your</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">photo</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">made</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">with</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">them</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">as</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">long</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">as</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">you</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">show</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">respect</span> (<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">no</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">laughing</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">or</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">cutting</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">up</span>) <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">you</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">don't</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">touch</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">them</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">These</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">men</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">are</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;"><u>very</u></span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">stoic</span>. <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">After</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">they</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">take</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">their</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">position</span>, <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">another</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">individual</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">comes</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">and</span> <span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">wipes</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;"> their brow because they are not allowed to move or even change their facial expression. They stay in this position for one hour, six times a day. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">Towards</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;"> the end of the day, we took a short hike up Lykabettus Hill where we took in wonderful 360 degree views of a city of 5 million. We also stayed to enjoy the sunset. We parted ways with the Albanian's around 10 p.m. and were still eating dinner around 11 p.m. We are beginning to assimilate - at least in part.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background: #ffffff;">I have posted some photos on facebook. You can see the photos by typing in "Leadership Greece 2011" in the search box on the front page.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;">No</span><span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat;"> luck downloading video as of yet but I will keep trying.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;">I also have included a photo on this psot of Adi. Adi is a university graduate and is serving as our guide and translator.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is incredible and a language expert.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(We are hoping he finds his way for graduate studies at Baylor.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Albanian’s speak excellent English but occasionally, he is needed to help with some English translation and certainly helps Jeff and me get to places in an efficient manner. He is also investing a lot in all of the students – Baylor and Albanian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are so grateful.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Leadership-Greece-2011/232557640099742">http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Leadership-Greece-2011/232557640099742</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"></span>Kelli McMahan & Jeff Walter - Leadershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16677459524124502200noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4891516366812566748.post-58877028203595327352011-07-11T05:26:00.000-07:002011-07-11T05:26:19.556-07:00Meet our TeamHello Friends and Family - <br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ID0vF9yAYzmLOaXvTy9K9HuOeyraCdnZ2bLmtmu4c1kgkj_XVsjh-ZZeT4ovnoCSNDCwNXF02OwPbXaxlOY9LU-3ab-9ukskpK4Jflh8eKgKWsYYgA-egvLnHM1PJoM1OPY6BA_KDUI/s1600/IMG_0323.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" m$="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ID0vF9yAYzmLOaXvTy9K9HuOeyraCdnZ2bLmtmu4c1kgkj_XVsjh-ZZeT4ovnoCSNDCwNXF02OwPbXaxlOY9LU-3ab-9ukskpK4Jflh8eKgKWsYYgA-egvLnHM1PJoM1OPY6BA_KDUI/s320/IMG_0323.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>We arrived safely, albeit a little tired, in Athens yesterday at 5:40 p.m. We took the metro to our hotel which took about 1 hour. We checked in and then went to enjoy a nice Greek dinner at a taverna (family restaurant) called Ambrosia's. The Porta house (where we will work) is right next to our hotel so we took a quick tour and after a short team meeting and quick outing for ice cream, we all drifted to sleep. This morning we were all grateful for rest.<br />
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We were so excited to meet our Albanian partners this morning and everything is off to a great start. We just finished our morning and early afternoon sessions (it is 3:20 in the afternoon) and will soon depart for a visit of the Acropolis museum. <br />
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I will try to post or have one of the students post every evening and include some photos but here is one of our team. This was taken on campus during our training week.<br />
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ta leme argotera! (talk to you later)<br />
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