Dina: Tense at times. I remember that one time on the bus in Morocco, when we sort of had it out about Israel and Palestine and that was certainly intense, but I think it helped us really bond as a group. I felt that we were a good, cohesive unit throughout and that had to do with our sharing our pains with one another and understanding the other person's background and where they were coming from.

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Tanjila: I think we had a really great group, very different personalities definitely and different opinions all around. But at the same time, I think everyone was really willing to learn from another. We came into this whole project with a very open mind, very excited about the project and really believing that interfaith interaction dialogue is really necessary and so we were ready to learn from one another and so it was a fun trip for all of us.

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Brie: The interaction between my team members was, they were lovely, they were easy to be around. I think everyone felt intimidated by each other and that sort of opened it all up. We thought, wow, he knows so much, wow, she knows so much. I thought that was really nice.

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Joseph: Interaction was great and really got better and I will say that with confidence, Brie and I had some great conversations over the course of the week. Asher was a good roommate, can't complain. So I thought we were really tight and got really friendly. We don't really keep in touch, unfortunately, but I have nothing but good memories. I thought it worked out really well.

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Daniel: I think it was you know, very interesting. At the beginning, it sort of felt like a first date. It was very much superficial, discussing movies and campus life and what not, we didn't get into the deeper issues at the beginning. I want to discuss that more in a sec, but I think as time went on we had meaningful conversations. I particularly enjoyed some of my conversations with Noreen, talking about some of the similarities between Judaism and Islam and things like dietary laws. Things like I remember discussing with her -- that I was a little frustrated in Jerusalem, it is so early in the morning the loudspeakers were blaring from the mosques and the shooting schedules were long and I was tired. I remember that Muslims pray five times a day and I know that stems from the Yom Kippur service, the Jewish day of Atonement which is a five part, twenty four hour service. So I very much appreciate those similarities.

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Zachariah: I think it is interesting because we are dealing with multi-faith expedition and we inhabit our own identities. You know we were chosen based on those identities and so there was a little bit of tension because you are trying to play a role. I was the Christian member, there was a Muslim, there was a Jew and so, the fear was, that given we had these identities given to us, that there might be tensions. So I think all of us, at least initially, were unwilling to open up about our genuine views on the subject. It wasn't until the third or fourth day, but I think once we could feel like alright, we may have our disagreements, and there were disagreements that were substantial, that we still could get along as just people. And we could remove our attachments or labels we had brought into the program in the first place.