Narrative Storytelling by Jason David Hendricks

Camila Rada

2024-03-14 13:31:33 UTC

Escaping from Syria was full of dangers: gangs in the forests, smugglers trying to take advantage, trespassing, and much more.

lucia montorsi

2024-03-14 13:32:07 UTC

The escape was long hard, not only physical but emotional as well, but its was all for the children.

Miguel V

2024-03-14 13:32:14 UTC

I had no other options, I saw life coming down and the future of my kids was unclear. Dangerous place with a young family is defenitly not a place to be. I had to be quick, I left.

Paulina López Vélez

2024-03-14 13:32:22 UTC

This has been the hardest thing we have ever done, uncertainty was our only constant, the constant fear of being caught was unbearable.

lucia montorsi

2024-03-14 13:32:43 UTC

when there's no hope no energy no guidance a friend along the way makes the journey a little bit better.

Miguel V

2024-03-14 13:33:22 UTC

I think that a friend being involved in the story as a way of support is very important and plays an outstanding role in the story

Mariana Bernal

2024-03-14 13:33:23 UTC

Families looked a way to get out of the problem at Syria, it was not an easy decision full of different emotions.

Paulina López Vélez

2024-03-14 13:33:29 UTC

Amongst all the darkness, meeting this new friend gave us a small glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel.

Camila Rada

2024-03-14 13:33:34 UTC

When I was all alone and felt like the world was falling apart I found someone else who felt the same.

Lucia montorsi

2024-03-14 13:33:35 UTC

cold, wet, scary all the feelings people will get in a forest, but I could not get out of my head when will this end?

Pedro Botero We were very scared and stressed so a firend was very helpful, it made the trip a bit better

2024-03-14 13:33:56 UTC

Camila Rada

2024-03-14 13:34:03 UTC

It was dark, cold and full of suspense, you never knew what could happen next.

Miguel V

2024-03-14 13:34:11 UTC

With big expetations, not knowing what could happen next. Uncomfortable and not able to get proper rest

Tomas Atehortua

2701238 — 2024-03-14 13:34:12 UTC

The family escape from syria they wanted to get a better life in other country but is very difficult and they have to pass many danger parts

lucia montorsi

2024-03-14 13:34:15 UTC

Its not easy to live ins a room were the heat and humidity inside is extreme because of the amount of people, we all just want a home.

Mariana Bernal

2024-03-14 13:34:37 UTC

Meeting this new friend has lead us to a bunch of solutions during this hard moment that we are passing through, it has been a very big help.

montserrat sanin

2024-03-14 13:34:44 UTC

living in syria and experiencing a devastating and hard time, the positivity that i heled kept me strong to archive the hardest problems.

Paulina López Vélez

2024-03-14 13:34:45 UTC

Sleepless nights were everlasting, all the sudden, mysterious, sounds could mean the beginning of the end.

Pedro Botero scared of what could happend risking theire lives but everything for a better future

2024-03-14 13:34:45 UTC

Camila Rada

2024-03-14 13:34:49 UTC

It diden't feel rigth, I felt like an intruder in some else home.

Lucia montorsi

2024-03-14 13:34:50 UTC

Happiness is what we all felt when we arrived at our destinations, but it will never compare to home...

Miguel V

2024-03-14 13:35:04 UTC

Certainly someting like this isnt easy at all but when surviving is necessary, to the family it might bring back nostalgic feelings and thinks like that.

Tomas Atehortua

2701238 — 2024-03-14 13:35:34 UTC

Meating new friend can help them because they are passing the same problem and can help each other to find a solution

Paulina López Vélez

2024-03-14 13:35:50 UTC

We were complete but there was something always missing: The sense of belonging, the feeling of being comforted at home.

Pedro Botero It is very hard an uncunfterball for the family but it is what they have and everything is to get something better for them and theire childs.

2024-03-14 13:35:50 UTC

Manuela Trujillo

27116_18 — 2024-03-14 13:35:51 UTC

We escape from Syria with constant fear of being caught and of being abandoned, they cant really trust anybody other than our own family to stay with us and not take advantage of our vulnerability. So it’s a voyage full of uncertainty and constant fear.

Maria Clara Osorio

2024-03-14 13:35:51 UTC

We grasped our childrens hands to protect them from the border's darkness

Camila Rada

2024-03-14 13:35:51 UTC

Hope is what we all felt when we finally arrived to our destiny, a place in wich we could all start again, a place full of new oportunities.

Tomas V

2024-03-14 13:36:16 UTC

Our journey from Serbia to Germany was full of ups and downs. It was a giant risk that we had to take, leaving everything behind including our home and culture. We and our children had to go throw a lot of stress and overcome our fears to accomplish this difficult task.

Mariana Bernal

2024-03-14 13:36:16 UTC

No lights, no solutions, not knowing what to do, the scariest nights of my life

Miguel V

2024-03-14 13:36:28 UTC

I would probably say someting along the lines of feeling full or someting like feeling complete since you completed that objective which you worked so hard for

Pedro Botero Happienes and expectations for arriving to a new place were they coould have a better life and future

2024-03-14 13:36:35 UTC

Mariana Trujillo S

2024-03-14 13:36:39 UTC

Sometimes we need a bestfriend that we can communicate our feeling when we are in a hard moment and also in a good moment.

Maria Clara Osorio

2024-03-14 13:36:54 UTC

The struggle is easier when we're together, struggling alone is worse than struggling with friends

montserrat sanin

2024-03-14 13:37:05 UTC

in these hard circumstances a friend would make the experience a little bit easier and someone that understood me would make me feel some company.

Paulina López Vélez

2024-03-14 13:37:23 UTC

We had done it, this goal we had been thinking of since the beginning had been fulfilled, however, though this city was perfect it would never be the same as home.

Jacques Sutton

2024-03-14 13:37:42 UTC

It was a stressful escape from Syria, we had to travel so long and I along with the other families are so tired and just want a safe place to live with our kids.

Mariana Bernal

2024-03-14 13:37:52 UTC

I just want to be in my home, being in this place has been a full life, I don't really know what I am doing here.

Tomas Atehortua

2701238 — 2024-03-14 13:38:03 UTC

We were having many emotions because they know that if we pass to the other countrie ower lifes where gona change but in the forest they have the emotions of danger and sceard of someone

Mariana Trujillo S

2024-03-14 13:38:23 UTC

The forest was scary, I was cold, I didnt find where to rest and I didnt sleep because I was scared and I was obverthinking what would happen next?

Mariana Bernal

2024-03-14 13:38:36 UTC

Hoping everything goes well, we are happy we could escape from this tough days and nights.

Maria Clara Osorio

2024-03-14 13:38:39 UTC

The muddy water under our sandals, the cold sweat on our face, the crys of children in the air, our hungry and thristy selfs

Tomas Atehortua

2701238 — 2024-03-14 13:39:11 UTC

I think that the family could be said because of the many different problems they have face

Tomas V

2024-03-14 13:39:15 UTC

Finally, we met our old friends, It was the best day in a long time. We had lost all hope, after an intense week where we had been separated from our group and left alone we had company again,

Montserrat sanin

2024-03-14 13:39:49 UTC

cold, scary dark nights that lasted forever, with intensive thoughts without knowing what would happen, things changed unpredictedly.

Mariana Trujillo S

2024-03-14 13:40:17 UTC

Living in a small room with a lot of people that some of them I dont know its hard, I just wanted to go with my family to a calm house just us and relax

Maria Clara Osorio

2024-03-14 13:40:21 UTC

Cramped up in a room, shoulder to shoulder, the cold floor under our feet

Jacques Sutton

2024-03-14 13:40:37 UTC

When we pass through hard times sometimes we just need a best friend to accompany us along the journey.

Miguel gomez

2024-03-14 13:40:54 UTC

the video showed me how dificult it is for the people in syria. I think it is very sad that that is the reality of some families.

Maria Clara Osorio

2024-03-14 13:41:15 UTC

After many cold and restless nights, we arrive at our destination. It feels heavenly, but it will never be the same as home

Mariana Trujillo S

2024-03-14 13:41:20 UTC

Even thought the city was different, It felt better I reunited with some friends and I know felt safe.

montserrat sanin

2024-03-14 13:42:44 UTC

the guilty and unconfrable feeling in being in some families home without an invitation and being their just for survivle.

Tomas Atehortua

2701238 — 2024-03-14 13:42:47 UTC

I will say something good becuse of the felling of a better plce and a new life

Jacques Sutton

2024-03-14 13:43:02 UTC

Bugs chirping, flashlights creeping around the darkness of the night, cold weather.

pablo tabares

2024-03-14 13:43:14 UTC

my family is realy scared and thies have been realy dificult for us

Manuela Trujillo

27116_18 — 2024-03-14 13:43:18 UTC

Meeting a new friend was like a light of hope in a world of darkness, where we thought we couldn't trust anybody, we found somebody who could understand our situation and who wouldn't turn against us.

Miguel Gomez

2024-03-14 13:43:30 UTC

In the darkness of the night, i found the light, Another person who had my same problem. A new friend who could hold my hand in this dificult times.

Mariana Trujillo S

2024-03-14 13:43:34 UTC

It was dangerous I dont know what would happen next. we didnt have food, our things, we had nothing.

Tomas Vasquez

2024-03-14 13:43:37 UTC

Every step we took I could feel the cold and dry air going throw my bones. I was tired, I hadn't slept in days but I knew that I couldn't give up, I had to continue to push through the muddy floors and carry my daughter with me.

Pedro Botero

2024-03-14 13:43:40 UTC

The family escape from syria they wanted to get a better life in other country but is very difficult and they have to pass many danger parts

pablo tabares

2024-03-14 13:44:45 UTC

finding thies man was awsom for me it makes my days happier and a have a person to pass the time with

Jacques Sutton

2024-03-14 13:44:55 UTC

The feeling of this not being my home was sad and depressing, I miss my home back in Syria but I'm grateful for being able to sleep under a roof with my children

pablo tabares

2024-03-14 13:45:23 UTC

the only thing I fell is scared because at eany time we can get bombed

Miguel Gomez

2024-03-14 13:45:35 UTC

It was scary, anything could happen. the worst fear a human can have is uncertency, that is what i felt. A few hours felt like an eternity.

pablo tabares

2024-03-14 13:46:11 UTC

it was realy important four aure family to get to thies place but the scape was worth it

Montserrat sanin

2024-03-14 13:46:12 UTC

sattisfaction, enthusiasm, and happiness, this all felt right, i knew their was light at the end of the tunnel, even though nothing is the same as home.

Jacques Sutton

2024-03-14 13:47:07 UTC

I'm grateful that I can now be able to rest be safe and enjoy my life in this new country, I just want the best for my family and hope for the very very best. I miss my home but the future will be good.

Miguel Gomez

2024-03-14 13:47:39 UTC

We had one another. We couldent fall apart, at the end of the day, we were all that we had. If we were gonna take on this journey, it had to be together.

Tomas V

2024-03-14 13:48:09 UTC

It just didn't make sense, it didn't make sense we didn't speak the language, it didn't make sense we didn't know any body, it didn't make sense we had nothing.

Tomas V

2024-03-14 13:49:13 UTC

After long sleeples nights, after alm ost giving up we finally made it. We achived our goal, we have a better future for our children.

Manuela Trujillo

27116_18 — 2024-03-14 13:49:58 UTC

Hiding in the forest is terrifying, where we had to stay alert constantly and fear everything around us. The crickets and the sounds of bugs is nerve-racking instead of soothing, as it was in the past.

Miguel Gomez

2024-03-14 13:50:03 UTC

We were finally there, the journey paid off. All the problems we went through werent in vain. We were finally safe.

Elena Henao

2024-03-14 13:50:18 UTC

When we left Syria we had the fear of getting caught, it was the most difficult experience but at least I had my family.

Manuela Trujillo

27116_18 — 2024-03-14 13:53:27 UTC

Living with so many other people can start out as feeling amidst a crowd who is just as scared as you are, but it can turn suffocating once you realize what fear can do to people, turning them into completely different people who lie, steal, and do anything for their own survival.

Manuela Trujillo

27116_18 — 2024-03-14 13:55:45 UTC

Relief was our immediate feeling, although soon enough we would start worrying about mundane things, but after some thought, its better to have all that suffering be over with in order to live a nicer life.

Elena Henao

2024-03-14 13:55:57 UTC

Meeting a friend made the experience less terrifying, and this helped me thorugh all the process

Elena Henao

2024-03-14 14:02:38 UTC

It was very scary, nights were very dark and cold, we were scared because we did not know what could happen to us.