Content sent from team member Lorrie N., on Tuesday, April 18, 2017:
Today our team split into two groups and took the metro to day centers in Athens. In the centers, the refugees can have a meal, take a shower, get their laundry done, have language lessons in English and Greek, attend Bible studies and hear testimonies given.
We spoke to men and women who told stories of incredible hardship. "Etmad" (name changed to protect her privacy) is a high school physics teacher from the Helmand province in Afghanistan. Her husband drove a car chauffeuring "foreigners" (Americans) in their city. The Taliban told him to stop or they would kill him. One day they accosted "Etmad" as she was on her way to her teaching job, and stabbed her in the side, wounding her badly. She and her husband had to flee from their home, leaving everything behind.
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| Setting up for the day. |
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| The Day Center volunteers wash, hang dry, and fold laundry for the refugees all day long. The men and women carry the laundry in heavy, overstuffed backpacks and bags on the Metro, which is a 30-minute ride. |
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| The clean wash is carried up to the roof and hung to dry. |
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| The children's play room |
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| Bibles and other Biblical resources in Arabic |
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