September 13, 2019

Home stretch Friday began with prayer and a devotional. Today Luke 17:18,  “Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”  As foreigners we’ve returned to give glory to God in Lviv this week. Today was the finale to a week of intensive exchange of information…us to our students and them to us. Bill had the wrap up assignment finishing Day 4’s module and moving into Day 5 following the break. He/we were challenged to conclude the class on time since another group had been booked into the classroom in the afternoon. The special awards and recognition ceremony followed. Setting the stage was a raffle for some really great digital media books. Bob had the class write down numbers between 1 and 100. Then asked who had the closest number to 77 without going over. The class cheered and carried on with the announcement. But wait…there’s more! Next came a showing of the four in-class commercials from Wednesday’s class. What a hoot!

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Then we moved to the large assembly room for a midday heavy hors d’oeuvres banquet and farewell party. Several students, returning alumni and teachers offered their thoughts on the week and how they feel about their time spent this week.

Emotions were running high. A week of bonding, giving and getting, exchanging parts of our lives and experiences bubbled up. Perhaps a follow up debrief will unpack this.

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A quick change at the hotel then off for a walkabout in center city of Lviv. A traditional stop at the Chocolate Factory for a touch of chocolate, some shopping for loved ones and we exited the traffic choked downtown stopping by a very special cemetery.

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Our evening ended with a dinner visit with our in-country facilitator Andriy and family. Back at the Delice we’re packing for Bob and Bill to Cairo with Herb and John return path to Winston tomorrow.

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See you soon back in Winston-Salem.