visitors

Last Friday i again welcomed Belgian visitors in our Gurdwara. They belonged to the christian workers organisation.
It was a good visit, so i want to share the programme.
First i welcomed them with the other sevadars in the hall, where we helped to bind patka's. Then we went to greet the Guru.
It was noon time, so we shared langar together (i used this time to talk about indian food and spices, about family life).
In one of the rooms i showed the slides: where are the sikhs coming from, what is the basics of the religion, i tell about Guru Nanak and the other Guru's, about taking amrit, bani and bana, why the sikhs came over here, how are they surviving in Belgium. This last item got a lot of attention (the sikhs being foreign workers, part of them legal workers, but still very often illegal )
Afterwards again we went to the main hall, our granthi read out of Sri Guru Granth Sahib. I talked about namegiving, taking amrit, marriage, death in sikhism.
Then a cup of chai and yummy pakora's.
Four hours of talking and explaining, but worth every minute!
And next week another group is coming.

All these visits are signs of hope for me, because as long as we take the effort to know our new neighbours, as long as we want to share our ideas and beliefs, there is this chance that one day people will understand each other.

Hopefully that day comes soon...
Waheguru!