Musings, Reflections and Inspiration
by Ken Kemp
Posted February 2013
JAN 30 – FEB 9, 2016
I just returned from 10 days in Athens and on the island of Lesvos. Here are some highlights of the journey.
I asked Ken to compile his letters home so that we could share his well written summary of our journey to Greece. Together, we observed first hand the agonizing refugee crisis currently reported around the globe. Ken’s narrative captures the essence of our journey. There were nineteen of us, from Woodsedge Community Church in The Woodlands, Texas and Calvary Church in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. I added some links and a few photographs to Ken’s unedited words. I live in California, and was blessed to accompany the team.
Well done, Ken. Thank you.
(click to download PDF)
Watch slideshow featuring my pick of the top 65. You’ll see the camps on Lesbos, the littered shoreline, faces of refugees. You’ll also meet the volunteers on the island. Then you’ll also see what’s going on in Athens as thousands of refugees arrive from the island camps via a twelve hour ferry ride. We met them in the ports, the city square and in our residence for the week. Some sixty Iranians accepted our invitation to spend a day with us, and the following day, more than one hundred Syrians joined us for a full day of activities and friendship.
