Team 237: To laugh, love and enjoy Poland

I eagerly awaited the volunteers on my new team to arrive from the airport, except for Alex who will arrive later in the night. They were greeted by the Reymontowka staff with bread & salt, a Polish custom. After everyone  was shown to their rooms we had lunch during which we introduced ourselves, then Dorota our leader gave a tour of the building and grounds. Trusting we all had a good nights  sleep we had breakfast and  introduction to Alex who arrived while we were asleep. We then headed for the Resource room for Orientation. We established three goals for our two weeks in Poland:

1. Have fun with the students as we learn together;

2. Represent USA positively;

3. Laugh, love and enjoy Poland.

The team got on the bus for Kotun and along the way dropped Jan off at church a beautiful old building in Zeliszew, then headed for  the ATM.

 After lunch we had a Polish lesson led by Sylwia, Dorota’s  assistant. Our pronunciations were not too bad, but I think Sylwia was just being nice. There was a short break after which we met  staff and students who each gave a brief introduction about themselves, then the names  of the students we would be working with were called out and we got to know each other for a short while, trying to memorize each other’s names. Then it was off to the Resource room to prepare for the first day’s teaching.

Journal prepared by Brenda