June 28, 2007

DziekujÄ™ bardzo!



What an incredible trip this has been. Between the new friendships we've made along the way, to the incredible stories we heard from Holocaust survivors (and folks who helped them escape), to the chaotic and physically demanding schedule, I have felt genuinely and completely alive these past two weeks.

Time is limited now and so yet again I'm unable to elaborate, but I promise a full report complete with pics and video over the next several entries. As I write this, we are stranded at the Warsaw airport with no certainty of when we might arrive in Los Angeles. The silver lining to this adventure is that we may end up in Chicago for half a day which of course could also mean a trip to Buffalo Joe's for wings. So, for now, I'll conclude by simply thanking all of the awesome dudes I met these last two weeks. I'm a better human on so many levels because of the people I've met on this trip and the things I've seen. DziekujÄ™!

June 23, 2007

Day 7 in Poland
















We're at the half way point in our trip to Poland and it's been quite
the non-stop adventure. I forget how physically and mentally
exhausting these trips can be. This one is perhaps the most demanding
of them all so far. Seeing the concentration & extermination camps
with your own eyes is an unbelievable experience. Quite literally,
the scope and precision by which the Nazis committed murder, is
impossible to comprehend. It's like trying to comprehend the heavens
- it's simply too big for my little brain to understand. When I have
more time I plan on posting some photos and possibly video to better
illustrate the scope of what I've been witnessing this past week.

June 13, 2007

Off to Poland

Off to Poland for two weeks. Armed with two HD cameras the mission will be to explore a possible new project, somewhat of a sequel to Flight from Death, called "The Legacy Project". If this initial trip proves to be successful we might find ourselves traveling the globe over the next 2 to 3 years - particularly places where unspeakble violent events have occured - to explore suffering, hope, and sustaining hope in the face of no hope. More soon.