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A week for the record books – by Brandon West

03.14.2011

Now that our team has safely returned back to Raleigh, NC, I would like to take this chance to reflect on “our spring break for the record books.” While on this trip our team had Protestant, Sikh, Baha’i, Muslim, Catholic, Hindu, and Jewish “encounters” in which we visited and spoke with identifying members of each.



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Philly: Final Days – by Debora Martog

03.14.2011

Friday morning began as usual. Our team started to gather at the Chamounix basement one by one. Some of us were in the game room reading the blog, studying, or continue their daydreaming, while others were preparing breakfast. Our chef of the day was Chef La-Tina and Chef Amelia who are the experts in making



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SMILE Jesus is at the door

Smile… Jesus is at the door :) – by Tayseer Al-Mattar

03.10.2011

According to the norms of human lives, a day start with the morning mode and thus starts our Wednesday. The morning feeling was very familiar. As usual, members of the group would rush to the basement to prepare a light breakfast, each for him/herself. As usual, most members are in the quite mode until going



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Brandon learning how to pray

Muslim Encounter – WHERE’S TAYSEER? (by Amelia Forbes)

03.09.2011

The day began with a quick breakfast of cereal and bagels before we loaded into the van to head to Al Aqsa school/mosque. Driving there we saw the less ritzy side of Philadelphia; bars on every window (and vents too) and lots of litter. But after about 20 minutes of driving through this kind of



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It’s always “rainy” in Philadelphia (by Heidi Klumpe)

03.08.2011

The bright morning sunshine currently illuminating the faded floor rugs of the Chamounix Mansion is a direct contradiction to this title, but yesterday morning was quite a different story. All day, the sky kept up a disconsolate drizzle, painting everything the same damp gray. Still, moods were high. Bassil asks, “Did I snore at all?”



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