Kategorie: Palästina Blog

lection one: as humans and as christian we are responsible for our history! because of that we want and have to raise our voice wherever there is any case of injustice or crime against humanity.

lection two: just if somebody tell’s you you’re not clever – that doesn’t mean he’s right. so don’t give a damn he may have no idea…

lection three: life is like the weather in germany!! (so go and enjoy every sunny moment!!)

… and at least go on dancing and singing inside the kitchen while washing the dishes……….. 🙂

jud

On the third of august, we went to meat Mr. Fouad Hamadan, the leader of the One-World-House in munich and we talked to him and asked him some questions about the situation of foreigners and their problems in the germany. After a delicious lunch we had a citytour in the old city of munich and we watched the cityhall, the „alten Peter“ and the „Frauenkirche“. But at least the important thing for us guests was the shoppingtour in the end. Also the thunderstorm couldn’t stop us here… 😉 on our way back we thought that we lost somebody while changing the train. so we started to run behind the train shouting and knocking at the windows… – just after some minutes we found that everybody was there and we just got confused by seeing ourselves in the windows of the train from outside… so, thank god, the situation was lucky or better funny for us, in the end…

george

and like always we’ve been just „selig“!

Today, we got to know each other more through games. For example we played a very funny game, where one chair is unoccupied and person is in the middle of the circle. The person has to try to get on a chair while the others move from chair to chair.
In the afternoon we discussed the short-movie called “strangers”, we watched on Sunday. The discussion was very interesting, because everyone had a different opinion. When the sun came out in the late afternoon we went to the footballfield and played football. It was a very funny game because, although one team only had seven players and the other had twelve, the first team won, as half of the other team only sat on the ground and prefered to make jokes.
Big footballfun, as you can see;)

The third day: In the morning the girls had their laugh While sitting at the breakfast table they recognized that the room was quite empty. All the boys were missing, still lying in their beds and sleeping. Then we had to leave soon to catch the train. Only the ones who had washing mission came afterwards by car. At the Staffelsee we visited Libi the youth camp of the dinary. The leaders said they want to teach the kids there Christian believes in an easy way and then to show our Palestinian guests we played „Daumen raus, Ellenbogen ran,…“ The first time we could use the sunny weather in swimming. Some of the boys came to this pleasure a bit earlier without planning. Unfortunately they sank their boat while trying to row the first time. In the late afternoon we returned by bus to monastery (by now „our home“). Many were that tired they used the drive for sleeping and didn’t looked at the countryside which was very beautiful (I was told afterwards). Dinner was ready soon then. We got served the rests of yesterday and the day before yesterday. A small bet came up between the cooks, which would be more prefered. In the evening we came to a more certain subject. „The Iron Wall“ we watched. A film about the situation in Palestine to get to know many things many of us just didn’t hear before. Settlement, Occupation, but still having hope and the believe in freedom.

The first morning. The first things where those typical things you’re doing in the first days: Tiredly having Breakfast and playing more games to remember names. Finally we got to know each other more than just by name. Everyone was drawn on paper and you could fill yourself with details of you’re personality. A film was watched: ”Strangers” (“Star of David” provokes “person with Arabian newspaper”, but then they both have to flee of “skinheads”). Lunch was bread again. First wondered as there would anytime something else, but they were calmed in the evening. Some lady showed us a small part of the monastry. The afternoon was mainlyfree time. Some had first contact with Natives: Soccer with small boys from Benediktbeuern. In the evening we made a big fire a many songs were sung, while the Germans again had to accept that the Palestinians just know theirs better. In general it was a day with many arrivals: Someone in the early morning, another person at noon and in the middle of the night we could welcome Lina and George from Bethlehem.

Lukas

Hey guys and friends

the partnership between our „Dekanat Bad Tölz“ and the congregations is now several years old. after the visit of our youth group last summer(everybody likes to remember these days btw :D) we are happy to welcome our friends here in Germany and spend with them the next days.Together we’ll stay in Benediktbeuern; from there we will go for some trips and have some great adventures. inshallah….:)
Yesterday we picked our guests up at the Franz-Josef-Strauss-airport in Munich. In the evening after finally arriving at „Maierhof“ we checked the location and soccered on the table.
To see what we are doing here and to keep in mind our experiences also for ourselves and to stay connected we founded this blog (thank you Robert!!).
Any participant is allowed to write our time, funny happenings or what ever might be interesting. We also want to share pictures or Jons diary drawings;)

Let’s help together to make this blog as coloured and informative as possible. Share your ideas, be creative or just comment on existing posts.

Yallah bye, have a good time, enjoy!

Jud and Jon