Hello friends,
today, July 6th, 2012 we began by
presenting the Book in the same cafe as yesterday, the owner was very
helpful and amiable. We could also put up a big poster. So a very good
atmosphere in this place, which is so nice in the middle of Gaziantep.
In the morning Eduardo and Yuskel
went to visit a big Alevi center close to the hotel and a socialist
trade union which was also close to the hotel. In both places they were
very well received and they left a book for the libraries. One of
Zehra's friends is at the Alevi center and they talked on the phone for a
while. They invited us to a sema (Alevi ceremony) this sunday. This
would mean staying another day in Gaziantep. so we agreed that this
invitation would be convenient only if we could do a Well Being ceremony
with all those present. Tomorrow morning Eduardo and Yuksel will check
if it's possible.
From 16:30 on we organized the
table, poster and materials and at the same time gave out flyers
inviting people in the streets around the cafe (Papirus cafe). In the
morning some of us had given flyers to all the persons in the cafe,
helped by the owner.
Immediately
some people came close and asked questions, while they looked at the
book and read some passages. It was fine because our great friend Altug
had arrived from Ankara in the morning. He was fantastic helping with
translations all day as well as talking to those who were interested.
Csefko also arrived from Hungary in the morning. So we have a very
beautiful group of friends.
At a certain point 2 of the 3 new
friends from yesterday also came and started talking to the people who
came to the table. A wonderful example was when a person asked if the
book was a bible and they answered absolutely not, but they couldn't say
what the book was about and it was better reading it.
A
person who works in the cafe was very touched by the book and bought
it. Another young persn said he would come later to participate in the
ceremonies scheduled for 21:30, when the cafe closes- Again the owner
gave us a place inside, which was very beautiful to do the meeting and
we were very thankful.
After
a day of many invitations and persons coming to the table, our 2 new
friends and the young boy, who's name is Dogan and is an artist, a
children entertainer. The words of the Healing of Suffering had touched
him deeply and he liked the ceremonies as well, as did our 2 new
friends. They expressed themselves very much and very sincerely and
asked Well Being for some of their dear ones. Besides them we also sent
well being for our dear friends. The funny thing was that during the
ceremonies, there was music in the patio with a very quaint voice
singing but it didn't bother us.
After
the ceremonies we agreed with the owner we would come back on the day
after to repeat the presentation in the same way and we went to eat,
together with Dogan and our two friends Burhan and Taifik. He took us to
eat kebab, which was very good and tasty. The conversations were great
and very varied. We spent some very joyful moments which ended up in a
place to eat Baklava which is an original pastry from Gaziantep. So
everyone happy. Our 3 friends are coming back tomorrow to help.
Arriving
at the hotel we talked about the next days to organize the few
necessary things and... the light went out in the whole hotel. The
personnel was very kind and soon arrived with gas lamps and flash lights
and when we finished they took us to our rooms, leaving a candle in
each one of them. But fortunately the light came back and we could write
this report on the same day.
Tomorrow the story continues!
Un gran abrazo,
Altug, Csefko, Juli, Judit, Isabel, Lory, Y:uksel, Maribel, Peter and Eduardo
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