Leaving Ukraine.

Time is flying away, and our time in Ukraine is coming to the end.

Ukraine was doing it’s best trying to remind us with hot weather (+37) our Action for Life time in India.

I’m looking at my bag trying to figure out how to make it smaller and less heavy and feel really tempted to leave here all the warm cloth I have. But in Sweden, which is the next country of our program, there is heavy rain expected. With a sigh I think that heavy bags is the same part of this journey as meeting amazing people, feeling a part of a team, opportunity to see the world in it’s diversity.

Time in Ukraine was the start of the program, where we made our first steps as a team. As usual the firs steps for a child are not easy, but we are learning to walk and to work together!

After finishing our spiritual camp where we together with participants were on spiritual journey to our real selves, the next event we were doing was session in Simferopol for Young Leaders Club. The topic was on inspiration and how to keep this fire alight. We shared some ideas and experience with young people there, but of course the question is still open for both sides - for Crimean young leaders and for AfE participants. This fire needs to be cared for and nourished every day…

Remembering this we met two inspiring people next day - professor of Biblical Studies George Carillet and pastor Sergey Golovin, who gave us some “grains of wisdom”.

Few days in Simferopol we enjoyed beautiful environment of Heidelberg Centre where we were allowed to meet and to have some time for our team building. The place certainly gave us a feeling that there are numerous people and initiatives all over the world that are striving for bringing positive changes into the world.

Next stop in Ukraine was Harkiv with it’s young and full of energy team. There we made a workshop on teambuilding, which was good exercise on teambuilding for us as well.

AND NNNOOOOW we are looking forward to new adventures in Sweden!

Lena and Vika.

Our first weekend together in Crimea

The week has been amazingly full with emotions, decisions, searchings and discussions and also challenges. Our first step in bringing Action for Europe into the real action was to organise a spiritual camp together with a young ukrainians in Koktebel. This weekend was held on 19th and 20th of May.

We were listening together.....

working together...
sometimes working hard, but anyway together...doing yoga exercises together...
doing workshop on drama together...
just being friends...
sharing together....and planning together!

This camp gave us a great start to work together as a team, now we are full of ideas and excitement to go on with our actions in Europe!

Huge thank you to Ukrainan team for helping us, putting so much thoughts and love into our Action for Europe teamwork!

" Be aware to discover the reality for we all are responsible!"

Ilze and Marielle

And the show must go on!

So! Finally we have all arrived in Crimea, Koktebel’, where our AfE program is starting. This is an amazing place and we are all enjoying the beautiful weather and company of each other. Until now it seems to be an amazing team. We really hope we can keep this happiness with each other till the end of the program and long after that :)

We are spending our time in lots of discussions and team-building. Already tomorrow quite a few young people will arrive to this place and we are going to organize spiritual camp for them. So we are in a move already;)

Where does it comes from?

The idea of this was born somewhere in Asia during the "Action for Life 3" program (www.afl.iofc.org), when people from different parts on Europe decided to do something in their part of the World. Ever since afterwards so many vibes have been in the air about how, when and why should it happen.

And it is happening:) Now. A group of young people who have decided to move on from an idea to a shape!