The last day of November was spent as our first day in our groups face to face.

 Sitting for the first time as a large group we played a Who Am I game, where we got to know something about at least 18 people from our Crossing Borders Group. Hobbies, pets, family, goals and anything that person felt was important to share. It was nice to be able to say hello to just about everyone in all the groups.

We then were able to break into our small groups, where we were asked to make a ...

Day one for the Americans by Regan Davenport:

We arrived in Amsterdam ahead of schedule. The clean air, the clean stores even in the airport, instantly took us aback and of course the drive out to the bungalow was incredible. Before we even saw where we were going to be staying, or meeting anyone from Germany Norway and Jessica of the Netherlands in person, the drive from the airport was beautiful. I didn’t mind even as tired as I was for the detour letting the second van ...