Visit to Auschwitz and Krakow

Today was our "off day" and we planned on taking a trip to Auschwitz and Krakow, however the day started off in a difficult way. Johanna woke up around 4 am with severe pain from kidney stones. Luckily she packed some prescription pain meds since she has had this before, however it was little help since she couldn't keep anything down. Kim selflessly decided to stay with her as Greg took them to the hospital while the rest of the team loaded up on the bus with the Swiss team to head to Auschwitz. We went through the initial concentration camp and saw various areas where prisoners were kept as well as documents and their material belongings. I'm sure there's a Wikipedia article that could better explain everything in the camp and what happened there but it was without a doubt very intense and emotional, however nothing compared to what we saw at the "expansion" camp known as Birkenau. It is less than a mile from the original Auschwitz camp, and much larger. During our tour there we came upon a Jewish woman who had survived the camp and returned to visit with her family. It was incredible to see her with all of her offspring and hear the story of how she was the only member of her family (Father, Mother and multiple brother and sisters) to survive the camp. She even had the tattoo the Nazis had given her to identify her. After leaving the camp we rode in the bus to Krakow and ate at a restaurant known for bringing basically a trough of meat and traditional Polish foods to be shared by 4 or more people at a time. Needless to say we were not able to finish and left with a good amount of food for later.
The latest we heard from Johanna is that she is feeling much better since getting pain medication at the hospital but the kidney stones have still not passed. Please keep her in your prayers as well as the rest of the team as we continue outreach tomorrow.