Experiences

Read some quotes from others who wrote about their experiences with the short-term project and Highway Taster:

Highway Taster
'It was so special to visit sacred places and to discover such diversity... I love nature very much, so I really enjoyed the trips to Golan and the desert. We met many people with a lot of knowledge and experience. They thaught us a lot. which really was indispensable.' 

'It was awesome to sleep in the desert. It was very dry and quiet and you think about how Jesus did that while He stayed in the desert for forty days.' 

'On the one hand, my understanding of the situation in Israel and the Middle East has increased, because now you have experienced it yourself. But on the other hand, I understand even less, because it so very complicated. But it is for sure that I have learned much about it.'

Short term project
'I am highly enthusiastic about what God has taught me about His plan and His covenant with Israel, which is today as much current as at that time. My faith is deepened by meeting Jewish people and seeing how they experience and serve God. It may sound odd, but it feels like I have discovered an 'other side' of God, that I did not know yet. ' 

'I have discovered God's father heart for His people anew. Also all His promises. And He taught me a lot by this. Especially that I did not give Him my whole 'own self' yet. I very much want Him to guide me, but unintentionally I said to God: You can guide me, but only if I become a nurse, because that's want I want to do. God showed me that I really have to give this to Him. I received so much peace after that, so liberating. ' 

'In the beginning we felt a distance. We only stayed for two and a half month and according to them that was a period that was too short. Sometimes it seemed that they weren't in to contact so much. We were fed up with this, but decided to give it over to God. Somehow we managed to win the confidence of the youngsters. We had a good laugh, but also cried together. Now it's almost time to say goodbye, we hear a hundred times a day: 'Why do you have to go? It is unfair! Please come back. We love you!' It was great to get to know these youngsters and to be able to be part of their world.' 

'I have learned how to say that a day is good or bad. Yoom il basal (onion day) or yoom il asaal (honey day). When a couple of residents had peed on the floor and the cleaner had to clean it for me every time, I said to her that it was a 'yoom il basaal'. She had to laugh very much and said that it was a urine day. Most of the people here have a great sense of humour. '