The Players

Fr. Apostolos Hill: aka “Padrecito” (little Father en Espanol): Trip leader, parish priest of Holy Assumption Cathedral in Denver, Colorado.

Gina: UCLA graduate, pursuing a Master’s in education from San Jose State.

Scott: senior in journalism at Ohio State, recent convert to Orthodoxy

Olivia: freshman in elementary education at Kent State

Mariam: Pursuing a Master’s in education, Lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Paul: Stanford graduate, Software engineer for Google

Melissa: KU graduate in humanities and microbiology. Lives and works at a homeless shelter in San Francisco, CA

Colleen: unofficial Real Break member, 1st year law student, making 7th trip to Hogar

Isabel: child at the Hogar being adopted by Colleen’s family

Mother Ines: degree in architecture, abbess of the Lavra Mambre monastery, directing the construction of the new Orphanage

Mother Ivonne: degree in microbiology, lives full-time at the Hogar, conducts research on the medicinal uses of mushrooms

Jorge: Mother Ivonne’s brother. Does “everything.” protector of the Americans, body guard to the Hogar children, chauffer, facebooker, picture taker, web site keeper-uper, computer guru, maintenance man. And oh, he’s also a firefighter and paramedic.