Pendant ma visite à Samara, Laurence m'a demandé d'interviewer un des amis russes comme 'Membre du mois' pour notre newsletter de la Constellation. J'ai choisi d'écrire sur Alexei, une personne hors du commun. L'histoire ci-dessous est le résultat de plusieurs conversations pendant la semaine et ses contributions pendant les visites SALT. Marlou

 

Je m’appelle Alexei et je viens de Samara, en Russie. J’ai grandi dans une famille de toxicomanes ou l’alcool et la… Continue

During my visit to Samara Laurence asked me to interview one of the Russian friends as ‘member of the month’ for our Constellation Newsletter. I chose to follow Alexei, he is a special person. The story below is the result of various conversations during the week and his contributions during the SALT visits.

Marlou



I am Alexei, from Samara, Russia. I grew up in an addicted family: alcohol and drugs were always there. It was a hard environment for a child to grow up. I was… Continue

Digesting all my learning from a week in Samara, a beautiful Russian city at the Wolga, it appears to me, now clearer then ever, that SALT is a natural process. It reminds us to be ‘normal’, to be the human beings we are in all our interactions.

Natasya, in her wheelchair during our last (in a series of 6) SALT visits that week says it beautifully:

“These meetings with your team once again proved that it is not important how we look, what language we speak, what confession we are…

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“I only regret one thing”, says the young Elena, “and that is that I did not dare to let my tears flow”. During the After Action Review on this mornings SALT visit to a Roman Catholic Community in Samara (Russia) I see a new Elena. After this SALT visit she is full of energy and sees a new way forward for herself and the people around her.



The day before… Continue