Here are pictures from our 2014 Journey Back to Poland. Please note that we have been asked not to share pictures of the Holocaust Survivors online, so you will see no pictures of their faces here.
The Rockville Five
Anna and Cindy chatting as we wait at the airport
Ethan waiting at the airport….
…and waiting.
Awe.
Ostroda Camp
Ethan is eating… corn flakes.
Replacing window screens
fixing the WiFi… again.
Anna helping clean
Ben working on leveling the gravel for our elderly friends to walk on.
Cindy is amazing with the power washer!
Morgan making awesome flowers for welcome cards.
a ready bed for our guests
Welcome card “Shalom – Welcome to Ostróda”
Welcome card “Shalom – Welcome to Ostróda”
They’re here!!!
Ben helping with luggage
Oksana and Max preparing for the Shavuot dinner celebration.
So many people have asked about food… the bread, butter, cheese and tomato sandwich is very common. You can also see my partially eaten “Polish pancake”
Our first session together. I love the flags representing the people who have come together in this room – all worshipping one God from our different languages and cultures.
Potato Dumplings
Ethan and his jar of peanut butter
Sonya and Morgan
Ethan and Klara
Tonya did Anna’s hair for Shabbat
Ben, Kazik and a Holocaust Survivor who is visiting the very place where his mother and sister were sent
On the shore of the Baltic Sea
Oksana and her mom
Tonya did Anna’s hair for Shabbat
Tonya did Anna’s hair for Shabbat
The children playing in the volleyball court/sandbox
Two redheads!
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Today’s soup
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof Concentration Camp
the kids with April, seeing us off on our trip to Stutthof
Ben’s sketch of Kazik and the Survivor whose mother and sister were sent to Stutthof
Journals drying in the window
One of our guests’ journal cover
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Stutthof Concentration Camp
Ben repairing the sidewalk so the Surviors won’t trip and fall
New washing machine… now let’s see… how does this work. It’s all in Polish. Go get Andrzej
Morgan’s excellent journal craft drying in the window
Making journals.
Israel
Ethan eating chicken!
The current team of Americans (GA, MI, IN) and Ukrainian Interpreters.
Anna and Lidia
Dancing!
Dancing!
He’s so silly. Almost bought this hat until we correctly understood the price!
Spent the day in Gdansk with these awesome people.
LOVE this Polish dessert.
Poland is so lovely.
Poland is so lovely.
Poland is so lovely.
Poland is so lovely.
AWESOME Cinnamon Cappuccino
Wojciech Lemke at the Chistian Church in Gdynia
Our wonderful hosts in Gdynia – the Lemke Family (and Dave and Sandy Hatfield)
Ben loves military stuff – destroyer in Gdynia
The sweet couple drove us around
Ben next to a monument to Joseph Conrad.
A cool sculpture in Gdynia
Another sketch by Ben from our day at Stutthof
Anna reading her book during our “free day”
Anna in David’s luggage. Ha!
one of many soup varieties
Fish
Sauerkraut
Ethan – just chillin’ in a chair… in the lake.
Anna after a swim in the lake.
Ethan coming out of his shell
Ethan and Tanya are getting to be good friends.
The Journey Back 