A Tour of Last Bell with Megan Flinn

Friends, we recently shared in our newsletter a note from Megan Flinn, who, along with Last Bell Chair Ellen Jackson and another volunteer, Rob Pallikan, recently visited Zhytomyr and took our staff on a three-day retreat.

Here are a few more photos from that trip. You can follow in the footsteps of Megan, Rob, Ellen, and Ellen’s son Max as they spend time with Last Bell staff and young people around the Zhytomyr area, Last Bell’s home.

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Rob, Megan, Max, and Ellen.

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Nastya Konsedailo, our newest staff member who works primarily with Educational Outreach, took a photo of everyone by the old rock. Ellen says, “The walking tour with Nastya and a few Shelter kids was 100% delightful.”

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Kiril, one of the Shelter teens, and Nastya used translation apps on their phones so everyone could communicate.

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Sveta, another Shelter teen, taking the city tour with her enormous soda pop.

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Nastya leads the way around Zhytomyr.

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The tour of the city led the group to this bridge, a local landmark.

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The staff retreat was held at this lovely little resort east of Zhytomyr.

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Andrey and Megan are checking out the uninhabitable property owned by Anya Hrobust, who just graduated from medical school and is beginning her residency.

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Megan absorbs the grandeur of a Russian Orthodox church.

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Stop the Cycle fellowship at Ya Mama (I Am Mom).

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Andrey inside a social dormitory in Berdichiv, where one of our Stop the Cycle moms lives.

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The mom with her children, including the little girl and kitten Megan wrote about playing with in the last newsletter. This was taken in front of the social dormitory.