The past four weeks that we have been here in Greece Global Lead have truly been an amazing, awesome, eye opening experience. This past week in Crete has been spent listening to some incredibly engaging lectures that have been quite thought provoking. We have had some great lectures from Garret, Betty and Joel Siegel, and Doug Toma. Dr. Siegel taught us that who we are?, where we came from?, and where we are going? are questions that will last us forever. We also learned that rock solid values are quite possibly the most important things in anyone’s life.

Today, most of the group went to the Samaria Gorge for an 18 kilometer hike, while the rest of us stayed at our amazing hotel and stayed by the pool or went a water park nearby. Today also consisted of writing our second paper, which is due tomorrow at 5 P.M. We have been asked to incorporate what we did while serving at the Praksis organization, in Athens, and what we have been experiencing throughout the whole trip, with the ideas and theories we have discussed all this week. This week of lectures really brought together what we have been doing here at Global Lead Greece. We have learned that service can provide meaning and understanding to life. We also learned that life is made of many experiences, and that each one should be enjoyed to its fullest. This week has truly been an incredible learning experience.

Matthew Roos