August 30th, 2010: Sochi, Russia
After the long travel the best thing possible was some time swimming and an early night to bed. One of our biggest concerns coming out of travel was hydration and how quickly we could adapt to the 11 hour time change. Amidst the swimming and relaxing on the beach we had our first Team Sessions with our Athletes in Action Leader Dave Johns. We worked through Psalm 133 and talked a lot about Unity. This for the Spartan Men's Volleyball culture is one of our central themes to what makes us, us. It was great to get that stuff on the table early in the tour. Up to this point we have had a number of athletes share their "story" or testimony with the rest of the team as we begin to prepare ourselves on how to share with some of the Russians we will come in contact with. It has been really exciting to hear the athletes talk about their past experiences, present struggles and future goals. This process of getting to know eachother on a deeper level is one of the early exciting benefits to this tour. After our team session and a dinner it was off to bed and early to rise.
Go Spartans!!!
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