Our EAPPI term officially ended on Tuesday. One step at the time, we have all been going back to our regular lives. Last Saturday, we (the Jerusalem team) moved out of our rooms, space, habits of three months. A strange and absorbing process, packing, sorting out, and cleaning. Since then, we said many goodbyes and everyone but me has now left the country. I am still here, still packing and unpacking, carrying around many feelings and memories. Wednesday night, I'll be flying back to Salt Lake City and I am not sure yet of what will at the end come with me.In the meantime, I went to Jordan to see Petra, Wadi Rum, and Aqaba. Beautiful country and it was nice to be a tourist in the Middle East, in a different environment. I came back to Israel and East Jerusalem on Friday, on time for Easter. This morning, I paid a last visit to the Mount of Olives for an early Easter service. From up there, the sunrise was not so shiny, not so clear, revealing the East side of the city, the Wall and its checkpoint. But how do you celebrate Easter here without paying attention to your surroundings? On the Mount of Olives, our sight could certainly not be blinded; and if Easter tells us something about a victory over death and darkness, can blindness be a valid option anyway?
Have a very nice trip back to SLC. Thanks for sharing with us your daily feelings and reflexions during your time as an EA. I would be interested to keep reading you on this blog while you "digest" this experience and communicates it "at home" (sometimes a frustrating process in itself!). And I hope we'll have opportunities to meet face to face for further discussions about all this ! All the best to you.
ReplyDeleteMerci de m'avoir lue pendant ces trois mois. Oui, j'espere que nous aurons l'occasion de discuter et comme ca, je te raconterai la suite des choses de vive voix; peut-etre a Oslo, qui sait? Quant au blog, je vais tenter de le mettre a jour autant que possible. Best wishes et a tres bientot.
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