EDGE Portugal Team:
Deborah Laughlin, Melissa Barnes, Dan Patterson, Sarah Tschetter, Carla Ratzlaff, Amy Effa, Bethany Epps, Dacia Woodford

Portugal Photos:

Cultural Anthropology Class                                            

Dacia Woodford, Dan Patterson, and Carla Ratzlaff enjoying Portugal’s land scape.

Bethany Epps and Deborah Laughlin outside a public square in Lisbon, Portugal.

Getting to know my teammates better has probably been the most exciting thing.  I think that we are beginning to feel more like a family.  Over the last three months we have become more comfortable with each other and have loosened up a little which has made it easier for us to have fun with each other and be more real with one another. 
-Sarah Tschetter

Over the last few months, God has taught me how to trust people and how to forgive them.  I have learned how to move on and accept God’s grace.  Then He taught me how to extend His grace to others.  I have also learned how to pray… how to really pray; how to be still and listen and then how to follow.  I must trust Him with patience that He will answer my prayers.  It’s like He has been teaching me how to live all over again.
-Deborah Laughlin