It was the 1st of November. The Catholic Student Group had planned a dinner for this day. The question was who was going to make the dinner. Maybe our southern korean friends could cook something for us? Or maybe we could have an international buffet, where each student could bring some food from their respective countries and share it? Then Father Dominic suggested something great. He proposed that if we, the students, could clean all of the glass globes in the St. Olav Church, then he would reward us with a dinner. Even though there were a lot of glass globes to be cleaned, we thought that it might be fun to do stuff together. And additionally, it would be good to contribute something to the church, and this was a good opportunity to do it. So we accepted the proposition.
We started cleaning at 2 pm. It was pretty fun. Some of us got to climb the tall ladder to bring down the glass globes. But it was also a lot of work. There were 6 groups of glass globes in total. Each group consisted of 10 or more globes. We had to take all of them down, wash and dry each and everyone of them, and put them back. Additionally, we had to change all of the light bulbs and wipe off the dust on the cables. We had to move the ladder many times, because we couldn’t reach every glass globes from one spot. By the time we were finished with 4 groups, it was already 6 pm. It meant that the Evening Mass would start soon, so we had to stop and do the rest another day.
Everybody attended Evening Mass which started at 6.30 pm. The Mass ended at 7 pm, and everybody went downstairs to the parish hall. The tables were already set and the food were ready. I think that everybody enjoyed the dinner. The food was delicious! Many thanks to Maria D.C. and Elizabeth who made the food! And thanks to Father Dominic who made the dinner happened 
It was really great to see that so many people came and helped with the cleaning. It was also really nice to have dinner together. It was actually the first and only time this semester, which was a cutback in comparison with the previous semester. The reason was that when we were making the program for this autumn, we decided to cut back on the number of dinner, because we wanted to try other things, like a pilgrimage or a walk in Bymarka. Maybe we could fit more dinner into the program in the next year, without cutting back on other activities?
Two weeks later, we gathered again and cleaned the rest of the glass globes.
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Pia Maria added these words on Sep 07 09 at 21:35Good times! I remember this so well. Looking back at the pictures my hair is so long! How things change.
Since these pictures were taken I was baptized, had my first communion, received the confirmation and married.
And what of our friends? They have returned to South Korea, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Germany. We are far apart, but still together. If you’re reading this, tell us how your life has changed since our time together!
