Lauren Ashley here: I should have done this a while ago but this is the first chance I have been able to sit down and think since arriving in Tunis. Our time in Söke was by far my favorite time in Turkey for work purposes that is. We had a meeting with one of the top police officers, toured city hall, had a movie night with the community, a dinner/meeting with a large group of people and so much more. We met this lovely lady Eileen who had us over for tea, snacks and the chance to just encourage her and reflect on our time in Söke.
Our journey to Tunisia was a long one 12-hour bus followed by an 8-hour stay at the airport and ending with a plane ride that was longer than it needed to be since we seemed to sit on the tarmac for an hour. After arriving to Tunis all of the stress of travel just melted away. Us girls got to our current place of residency and were completely floored, we are staying in a home and everyone has their own area. I am in a room of a little girl named Hannah staying a full size loft bed with speakers I can plug my ipod into so I can jam out in my free time. I love it here and us girls have had some good times together in this place.
The first night Hanen, our contact had a team meeting with all of us and we went out for our first of many tasty meals. Since then the adventure has only improved with every passing day. We have done manual labor at a French school, gone to multiple meetings to share a bit about us and what we are about as well as hang out with a few of the youth from here. We all have had a lovely time just being here.
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