Yehiyeh Asher Yehiyeh- Israel I am on my way: Norwegians invades Jerualem

Fra den 20. marts til den 15. april Caspari Centret havde 21 norske Teology studerende invaderer vores daglige liv og arbejde. Jeg må nok indrømme, at ændringen i den ellers så ensformige arbejdsdag, var meget velkommen. Det bragte en masse arbejde for os voluntøre. Før invationen, og efter flytningen af Caspari fik vi to voluntøre begge fra Finland til Caspari for at hjælpe os med de studerende - Päivi og Toni. Päivi joinede da også Heidi, Janne og jeg i vores Caspari lejlighed og har boet med os lige siden. Jeg må indrømme, at jeg er taknemmelig for at de var her, ellers tror jeg Heidi og jeg ville have udviklet Stress. Så tak Caspari for at være så betænksomme.
Hvad gjorde jeg under invasionen?
En af mine største opgaver var at sidde i biblioteket.Tage mig af betalinger, skrive kvitteringer og også give penge tilbage for brug af Taxa. Der undertiden viste sig at være et molboarbejde, og vores pengekasse skulle fyldes op igen og igen.
Min arbejdstid ændredes til - Weekendvagt, nattevagt og Dagvagt.Det kan virke lidt irriterende med dine øjne, men for mig som et vaske ægte "B-menneske". Var det en god forandring, jeg nød mine fridage og derefter at gå på arbejde om eftermiddagen.
Jeg må nok også indrømme, at ændringen var velkommen, og det gjorde virkelig kontorarbejdet og miløjet sjovere for mig. Men det er også godt at føle mig afslappet igen og komme tilbage til de daglige rutiner.
Jeg havde også lejlighed til at deltage i en af deres guidede ture. Heidi og jeg ledsagede dem til Qumran, En Gedi, Massada og Det Døde Hav. Her var vores opgave at forberede morgenmad, frokost, et liturgisk måltid.
Før turen, mtte vi handle på det jødiske markede for at købe alle forsyningerne. Den store taske vi havde med os, blev for alvor fyldt til lastepunktet og den var tung kan jeg sige dig. Det var hårdt at gå med tasken hele vejen tilbage til Caspari centret. Jeg er yderst taknemmelig for at tasken havde hjul ellers ville jeg have været i store problemer.
Vi havde den sjældne mulighed for at besøge en af hulerne ved Qumran, som normalt ikke er tilladt for turist grupper. Men vores guide Steve Phann havde arbejdet ved Qumran, og han havde tilladelse til at tage os til en af hulerne. Steve vidste virkelig en masse, måske for meget, men jeg er ret sikker på at vi alle lærte i hvert fald noget fra hans undervisning alligevel. Vi har også oplevet en solopgangs andagt i ægte Essene stil, med bønner, sang og mere bøn. Vi deltog ogs i et liturgisk måltid i ægte Essene stil. Det eneste problem var at Heidi og jeg havde glemt en vinoplukker og nogle af vores studerende kom op med en smart måde at åbne den udenom det lille praktiske redskab .
Her er nogle billeder fra vores tur.
Det var også afslutningen på min lille blog

God påske allesammen!

In the cave, steve showing a scroll

Lunch essene stile. at En Feshka

these you can eat, they are filled with electrolytes

Masada. for more pictures scroll down

From the 20th of march until the 15th of April Caspari Center Had 21 Norwegian Teology students invading our Daily life and work. I will have to say that the change in the otherwise so similar looking working weeks, were very much welcome. It braught alot of jobs for us as Volunteers, prior to there visit and after the Moving of Caspari we had two additional volunteers both from Finland coming to our aid, to help out with the Students - Paivi and Toni. Paivi also joined Heidi, Janne and I in our Caspari flat and has been staying there ever since. I must admit that i am gratefull the two of them where here helping out during the visit of the Students, otherwise i think Heidi and I would have developed Stress. So thank you Caspari for being so considered.

What did I have to do during the visit?
One of my major contributions to the Study group were primarily sitting in the library.
Taking care of the payments, writing checks and also giving back money for the use of Taxa. which sometimes showed to be a bit of a hassle, and our casebox had to be filled up again and again.

My working hours changed into - Weekend shift, Night shift and Day shift.
That might seem alittle anoying from your point of view, but for me being a true "B-human" as we call it in Denmark, ( Not good at mornings, and awake in the night) It was a good change, I enjoyed my days off and then heeding of for work in the afternoon.

I must also admit thought that the change was great and it really made the office work and environtment seem brighter for me. However It is also good to feel relaxed again and get back to the daily routines.

I also had the opportunity to participate in one of their guided tours, Heidi and I accompanied them to Qumran, En gedi, Massada and the Dead sea. Here our job were to prepare breakfast, lunch, a liturgical meal. before the trip we had to shop at the Jewish market to buy all the supplies, the big bag we had with us were severely loaded and heavy when we left the market to walk back to Caspari with our shoppings. I am grateful that the bag had wheels otherwise i would have been in major trouble.

We had the rare opportunity to visit one of the Caves at qumran, which is normally not allowed for turist groups. however our guide Steve Phann had worked at Qumran and he had permission to take us to one of the Caves. Steve really knew a lot, maybe too much, but i am pretty sure we all learned at least something from his teachings. We also acted a sunrise devotion in true Essene Style, with prayers, singing and more praying. Later we had to participate in a liturgical meal in true essene style as well, the only trouble was that Heidi and I had forgotten the wine bottel opener and therefore some of our students came up with a clever way to open it without the little practical tool.

Here are some pictures from our tour.