LESVOS (the place you see in the news)

Hey everyone! We have finally made it to Greece. We are currently working on the most well known island for refugees, Lesvos. About 10 kilometers (6ish miles) from Turkey, all of those little boats carrying refugees arrive on the north, east and southern parts of the island. Completely overcrowded, and sometimes traveling during rough seas many boats have problems in the water. There are volunteer teams of rescuers covering much of the coast to do their absolute best to make sure that people make it to shore alive. They then place the refugees onto buses which take them to camps to get registered for asylum. And that is where our team comes in...





This is a snapshot of what life looks like here in the refugee camp Moria that we work at everyday from 4pm-12:30pm. Refugees wait in this long line to be registered for asylum and given papers to travel through Europe. While waiting on papers this prison you see in the background has been converted into housing for them, however it is not enough to hold all the people awaiting papers. Everyone who does not have housing in the prison some (somewhere above 1,000 people women and children included) has done there best to make camp around the prison. Our outreach team is currently doing our best to help the organizations already here serving the overflow of people with food, clothing and blankets. More refugees come in wet by boats everyday and are unable to leave until they have proper papers and the cold is becoming increasingly unbearable as we move into January. However in the midst of all of this we are seeing joy, where people from all different nations, languages and religions are coming together to serve and bring hope to those who are fleeing war torn countries.

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