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The painting 'Running Water' was accepted into the Zion Art Society Competition. It will run from 24 Sept to 13 October. It will then travel with 24 other paintings to a show in conjunction with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints' Oakland CA Temple Open House for October and November.

These beautiful women are unstoppable! They belong to a group of senior couple missionaries who serve several times a week in camps in the area and spread sunshine to their sister refugees and grandmotherly love to the children.

German, Syrian, Iranian, American...these labels evaporate when we reach out with our hands and with our hearts...and we become brothers and sisters supporting each other.

Eyes speak. That morning at the Limburg refugee camp, I heard volumes.“Guten Tag,” I said, tipping my head toward the man sitting alone at the end of the table. One of the dozens of refugees I’d met while volunteering as a German teacher in camps near Frankfurt, he had drawn my attention more than once.

TSOS Team Member and portrait artist Elizabeth Thayer literally draws a crowd while she's sketching!

Our team is halfway through our documentary visits to refugee camps in Greece and Germany, and we are so grateful to the generous donors who made this happen.

Aeham had just returned from a long, tiring trip to Poland, where he had performed yet another concert without pay. He was tired but graciously met with us and shared his commitment to help solicit aid for his fellow refugees through his music.

Our team has expanded to include a web designer and a graphic designer! Volunteers from around the world have stepped forward to help in various ways.

Like the day itself, the many hours together alternated from smile and laughter to silence and weeping, from running through puddles to crying them.

Through a series of truly incredible, disjointed but weirdly related events, a group of very talented artists from across the globe who share a common, deep-rooted, soul-felt pull to share the stories of Europe's refugees have come together to do just that...to record and share the refugee story.