Day Three The day began with an excellent Meeting for Worship with the community of Tempe. We were treated to a potluck lunch and then primed, painted, and caulked a near by home. ...
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About a Thousand Years Ago …
… or longer, someone in the Fox clan carved this into the cliff face so that people would know that this is where the Fox family lived. Foxes been going for a long time!...
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Spain: Trabajo, La Alhambra y … shwarma?
March 23, 2014, Day Three Today we did more trabajo in La Fundación. After a few hours and another delicious almuerzo, we took another trip to the beautiful city of Granada. After a brief period of free tiempo, we went to the historic Alhambra Palace. We were given a group tour showing us the...
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Day Three Today we started out with a delightfully late morning — what they call here in London a “lie in.” We went to the Science Museum, which was very fun. The interactive exhibits were particularly enjoyable. You could learn about the laws of magnetism and gravity by playing with magnets and discover how...
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Lacrosse: Bye Bye S. Jersey . . . Hello Phoenix!
Day Two After waiting for someone who was late (and attending the Flyers – Blues Game), our LAX equipment was successfully checked in, oversized bags and all. Luckily, we had no issues with security and even our rowdy members are now safe and aboard our fantastic flight to Phoenix. Hasta la Vista MFS! –...
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China: Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and Olympic Park
To start off the morning we ate breakfast at 8:30 which consisted of fried rice, fried dough, red bean bun, eggs, stir fry veggies, and fruit. After a debriefing of the day’s plans we set off for our first ride on Beijing’s subway. It was very clean, but very crowded. When we arrived at...
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London: Sightseeing around town
Day Two We started off Day 2 with a bus tour around London, where we saw landmarks such as Buckingham Palace. Next we stopped for a visit at Westminster Abbey and toured around the grand cathedral. We got a quick bite to eat, and many of us enjoyed waffles and chocolate – YUM! After...
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Costa Rica: Painting the playground
Day Three Annie Today was amazing! We started out our day by visiting a small school after breakfast. We helped paint a playground and also some classrooms. We got to play with some of the local children. We all had an excellent meal of rice, salad, chips and pineapple juice together. When we finished...
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China: Just a quick report
We arrived safe and sound (I mean sound). After a BBQ dinner, we slept well. We just had Chinese buffet breakfast. Internet is not that smooth, and we are still uploading pictures. We are leaving for the Forbidden City now....
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Spain: Making bread, eating paella
Day Two, Granada We finally got our luggage at 12 pm today, which was such a relief! Today was our first day of service where we made bread, worked on a mural, and worked on a garden. It was so amazing to get a feel for the authentic Spanish culture, and to get to...
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Costa Rica: Planting trees with local children
Day Two After breakfast at 7:30, we headed to the school to work with the children. When we got there, we were each assigned a child and we planted trees with them. We then helped the students to paint signs with the name of the tree and their name to place in front of...
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Costa Rica: Arrival at Selva Verde Lodge
Day One by:- Jeremy, CJ, Sam, Olivia, and Colby After two flights – Philly to Miami and Miami to San Jose, we finally arrived in Costa Rica! Once we arrived, we got on the bus for the trip and headed towards our lodge. On the way, we stopped for lunch and had phenomenal strawberry...
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New Mexico: Getting to know Santa Fe
Day One Arrival 8 pm: view of the farms and desert on the way west, took a really cute bus for an hour heading to Santa Fee from the airport. Everybody went to bed really soon after the long plane and bus rides. After everybody had breakfast by 8 am before we walked into...
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Blacksmithing Day One: Getting the fires going
Today we learned about the history and mission of the Harriton House and then got right to work getting the fires going and trying our hands at making hooks. All of the students jumped right in. On Monday, we will learn a few new techniques. Students have already started thinking about individual projects they...
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Exploring Art: Enlivening the ruins
Day One Today in our Exploring Art intensive learning trip we traveled to Fairmount Park in order to address the remains of a former home as a location for site-specific art. The structure was a mere ruin with visible entrances, however there were no doors or windows. Many street artists have taken advantage of...
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