Yehiyeh Asher Yehiyeh- Israel I am on my way: Caspari was on the move

Hej Allesammen

Jeg tror, at det er på tide at jeg skriver om flytningen af vort kontor. Ja mine damer og herre Caspari har flyttet adresse fra Jaffa street til HaNeviim street. Det betyder for mig personligt, at halvdelen af min tid her på Caspari har været koncentreret om, eller er blevet påvirket af - Flytningen. Endelig efter måneders planlægning, pakning og udpakning er vi her i den nye bygning placeret lige ved siden af Bikur Holim Hospitalet - og få minutter fra Mea Shearim som er det Religiøse jødiske kvarter i Jerusalem.

Mit job i denne proces har været at tælle vort lager, lave æsker, mærkering af kasser, pakke i kasser, flytte kasser og udpakke kasserne plus genudfolding af kasserne, slippe af med kasserne og selfølgelig stable kasser og flytte dem fra det ene rum til det andet, indtil kassen nåede det rigtige sted. Kort sagt i ugevis var mit liv - I kasser - Jeg har fået boksfobi, og hver gang jeg ser en boks enten kløer det i mine fingre for at pakke den ud, eller jeg ønsker at flygte så langt væk som muligt. Selv fra hvor jeg nu sidder kan jeg se ufærdige bokse # Sukker #

Jeg tog billeder, så du kan få en ide om hvad det vil sige at flytte et bibliotek - vi har måske mere end 6000 bøger og alle skulle flyttes til det nye bibliotek.
Selve flytte dagen var en hård nyser, teamet på Caspari måtte flytte måske omkring 500 kasser fra tredje sal ned i Knuts store bil, og derefter tog holdet på det nye Caspari kasserne ind i det nye Caspari, stablede dem på rigtige sal, i rette værelser mv. Det er vel ikke ndvendigt at sige at vi flere dage efter stadig kunne mærke effekten i vore ben, ryg og arme.
Hvad godt har flytningen gjort for Caspari?
1) Vi er tættere på det Jødiske samfund i Jerusalem
2) Biblioteket er måske tre gange så stort som det gamle bibliotek (Jeg har ingen idé om, hvordan den samme mængde af bøger nogensinde kunne have passet ind i vores gamle Caspari - Det er ikke så mærkeligt, at det var som om bøgerne ville angribe dig når du befandt dig i det gamle Bibliotek og gik omkring i de smalle passager i biblioteket på jagt efter bøger)
3) Næsten alle de ansatte har et kontor hver.
4) Vi er beliggende i samme bygning som andre organisationer og menigheder (Christian Mission Alliance Church, Etiopisk Menighed, en Koreansk menighed, Arabisk menighed.
5) Vores Internationale studerende kan bo i samme bygning i nogle af værelserne.
6) Vi har en kirke hvor vi kan huse forelæsninger, vi har klasseværelser til seminarer mm.
Hvad savner jeg fra det gamle sted?
1) Stedet er så meget større, og vores kontorer er spredt på tre forskellige placeringer - hvilket betyder, at jeg ikke ser mine kolleger så ofte som før.
2) Jeg har en længere rute til posthuset end før, det gamle kontor var meget mere centralt.
3) Så savner jeg vores sanger (okay han kan ikke synge, det lyder mere som messende sætninger hver gang nogen går forbi) Pjat jeg savner ham over hovedet ikke - jeg er glad for at komme mig væk fra den evige umusikale stemme der bliver ved hele dagen lang.
Det var min beretning om: flytningen, fordele og min involvering i processen.

All our many many boxes

moving day / we had help from Jews for Jesus, and Heidi's friends from Norway

packing inventory

I am tired of Boxes

Marking boxes

Hi Everybody

I believe it is about time that I write about the move of my office. Yes ladies and gentleman Caspari has moved the adress from Jaffa street unto HaNeviim street. This means for me personally that half my time here at Caspari has been concentrating on, or been affected by The Move. Finally after month of planning, packing, and unpacking we are here in the new Building placed right next to Bikur Holim Hospital - and few minutes from Mea Shearim which is the Religious Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem.

My Job in this moving process has been to count stock, make boxes, mark boxes, pack in boxes, move the boxes and unpack the boxes plus remake the boxes, get rid of the boxes and ofcause stack the boxes and move them from one room to another until it reached the right destination. In short for weeks my life was A Box - I have got box issues, and everytime i see a box i am either itching to unpack it or I want to flee as far way as possible. Even from where I am now seated I can still see unfinished boxes #Sighing#
I took pictures so you can have an Idea as to what it means to move a Library - we have perhaps more than 6000 books and all of them had to be moved to the new library.

The moving day itself was tough, the team at Caspari had to move maybe around 500 boxes plus inventory from third floor down into Knuts big car, and then the team at the New Caspari had to move the boxes into the new caspari stacking them on the right floor, into he right rooms etc. Neadless to say several days after we could still feel the impact on our legs, backs and arms.

What good has the move done to Caspari?
1) We are closer to the Jewish community in Jerusalem
2) The library is maybe three times as big as the old Library ( I have no idea how the same amount of books could ever have fit into our old Caspari, I guess it is not so strange that it looked like the books would attack you when you entered the old Library and walked the narrow pathways of the Library searching for books)
3) almost all the staff have an office each.
4) we are situated in the same building as other organizations and congregations ( Christian Mission Alliance, Ethiopic congregation, a Korean congregation, Arabic congregation.
5) Our International students can live in the same building in some of the Dorms.
6) We have a church where we can house Open lectures, we have Class rooms for Seminars etc.

What do I miss from the old place?
1) the place is so much bigger, and our offices are spread in three different locations - meaning that I dont see my colleagues as often as before.
2) I have a longer route to the postoffice than before, and the old office were much more central.
3) Then I miss our terrible singer ( okay he cannot sing, its more like chanting a sentence everytime someone passes by) Kidding i dont miss him at all - I am delighted to get away from the neverending unmusical voice going on all day long.

That was my account on: The move, the benefits and my involvement in the process.