This weekend, VCS had a staff retreat for all the workers at the school. There were 67 people there ... we drove up to Lindabrunn, which is about one hour away. There is a really nice sport center up there - the Austrian national soccer team trains there sometimes. It's very famous here in Austria. The campus was amazing - so many green soccer fields! The housing was very nice as well, set up w/ a gym, bowling alley, little cafe, sauna, and whirlpool. We were able to used them all. It was incredible! Saturday night, we had a "Not so talented" Talent Show. Four of the teachers and I lip-synced and choreographed to a song from a movie based on the 80's. It was soo much fun! After the talent show, we took a few album cover shots, here are two of them! Enjoy!!
For 16 weeks now, we have had a young refugee couple from Syria living with us. They have been married a little over a year and for the majority of that time have been separated from each other, since he made the journey to Austria alone and got everything in order so that she could come legally. Let me backtrack a bit and tell you how it all started. As the refugee crisis really started to explode here, facebook was buzzing with articles, videos, pictures, etc. of the situation. I read a lot. I saw a lot. I was moved. I was troubled. But what could I do? I had a three year old and one year old at home. ... I could teach some German. But when? ... I could donate clothes and other items that were needed. But that didn't seem like enough. ... I could give money. But I wanted something more tangible. I would put my youngest to bed and during those days, she needed lots of TLC in order to get to sleep. I kept thinking about the refugees and how they didn't
Good times!! Sounds like you had so much fun and sounds like your school takes good care of you! That's great! Love ya, Laura
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