Go(o)dSeed

New country, new responsibilities, new people, new place to call home.  Sometimes you can feel alone but this week we realized that we are not the only ones with those feelings. During our On-Arrival-Training, we met seventeen people who are also doing a volunteer  year with the European Solidarity Corps. To be honest, first we didn’t want to leave Luleå. But now, we are glad we did.  During our project, we are having two trainings which is our right and obligation to attend. The first one is the On-Arrival-Training at Bromma  folkhögskola. Basically, the main purpose of this training is to give us a good start of our time in Sweden as a volunteer. We got an introduction about the YouthPass  and worked with our own personal learning objectives. We also discussed practical questions concerning rights and responsibilities for us as a volunteer.  Therefore, we stayed four days at First Hotel Brommaplan in  Stockholm. Twelve hours by train once more seemed like an hour.  Departure was the

Autumn in Sundet Our week started with relatively good weather. The autumn here in Lule å was very notable these last couple of days. It was possible for us to observe the trees changing their colours. However, it is unfortunately a process you can just see for a few days. The autumn sun is not rare to see and it even brings you a pleasant warmth (you can almost feel it in your heart too). If you close your eyes for a moment, you can even feel it tickling your skin. One of the most beautiful sights of autumn for me is the trees in the change of their colours and the sun shining through this sea of golden looking leaves. We are so lucky to have one of the best views of  Lule å right infront of our windows. Sometimes I forget how beautiful autumn can be. It is a beautiful time of year when the animals in the forest prepare for the cold, dark winter. Last week Tuesday was the first time for me to drive home alone in the dark. When I drove with my bicycle home, something crossed my road. A

By Josh Armfield Another important value of the Go(o)dSeed project is Solidarity. Wikipedia defines solidarity as " an awareness of shared interests, objectives, standards, and sympathies creating a psychological sense of unity of groups or classes. It is based on class collaboration. It refers to the ties in a society that bind people together as one. " For me solidarity is the practice of compassion and remembering our connected-ness. We all need each other. Another example of Solidarity is described in the Bible as the people of God being like a body.  " The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ.  For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink."  (1 Corinthians 12:13). The text goes on to explain that each part of the body needs the other. Each part of the body has something important