a 19-year-old PeacePlayer from Durban, South Africa.Thanks to Ed and Penelope Peskowitz, the in-person Friendship Gamestook place this past summer [2022], and even now, several months later,we are still hearing and seeing the impact of those in-person games.“You spent [one] week with these people and you got to know them sodeeply and so well and then you just kind of went your separate ways.But that didn’t mean that it had to completely stop.” Indeed, Nathandidn’t let those connections stop; within a few days he was in theWhatsApp groups created by the Friendship Games Alums, and to thedelight of his Brooklyn peers, let them know that he’d be in the UnitedStates for a work opportunity. “We were all happy that someone wasactually coming to experience our life,” says Julia, 16, from PeacePlayersBrooklyn. Nathan’s visit meant she would get to act as a tour guide,sort of how they were guided around Israel at Friendship Games. Nowit was Julia’s turn to show Nathan the parts of New York that they, thePeacePlayers of Brooklyn, experience.So what did their meetup entail? Well, the initial plan was to playbasketball somewhere in Brooklyn, but it rained… so they did the nextbest thing - they went to Atlantic Mall! Here they reflected on theirtime at the Friendship Games and shared more about themselves andwhere they come from. The importance of this opportunity – to share-1PEACEPLAYERS UNITED STATES STORYBOOK
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