One Year Ago : First Welcoming

for the English translations,

Dimanche, 100808

wake up on 09.00, self service breakfast at Tilleul.

eucharist at the church on 10.00

meeting with Br. Matthew at Point 10 on 11.30am. briefing for those who work as a First Welcoming. quite complicated and there's a lot of things that we have to explain to the people who came to Taize. but it's ok, there's a manual.

13.00pm lunch. there's no brother again who accompanied us but the boys keep eating in the first 10 minutes in silence.

14.30pm getting ready for the First Welcoming in Point 10 for English speakers. 15.30 the welcoming begins. then i arranged a group of some people who came, there's from Romania, UK, Poland, and Srilanka. when i want to start explain to them, suddenly one of the responsible asks me to move to the another group because there are 12 people who came direct from Papua, Indonesia. wowh! so i welcomed them and start to explain everything they should know about staying a week in Taize. quite shocking because i already prepared my self to talk in English and suddenly i have to explain in my mother tongue. well, after one month staying abroad, there are several word in Indonesian which i forgot ;p then after the Indonesian group is explained well, i welcomed some of English speakers but quite few. there are from Czech, Holland, UK, and Philippines. my shift finish at 18.00.

then going to the Infirmary to cured my shinbone which hit the benches while i was welcoming because i was to excited ;p it was my first time to go to the Infirmary. i queued and finally some sister who speaks in French welcomed me very nicely. but unfortunately i can't understand everything she said so i just, "oui oui..." ;p
then she gave me some salve on my shinbone and compressed it with ice which i have to hold the ice for the rest of the night ;p and apparently for those who stay longer, they don't have to queue in the front door. there are "special" door for us. great to know this fact in the end of my visit ;p

then i came late for the supper at the community and still holding the ice ;p

evening prayer.