After the wonderful time with Lama Ole here, we have had a few more quiet weeks in the EC. All work goes on, but with less people and as some of you have already read on DWBN, we would be very happy if more people could come to help with all the preparations for our first big milestone – the International Summer Course 2008! Write to work@europe-center.org if you have time to come during the next months. We need more people and you are all very welcome!
But luckily we can also make people ourselves! Last Saturday in the late morning, Mirjana was getting ready to give birth to her and Philip’s boys, our new residents, and so we had our first helicopter action here in the EC: On this particular Saturday morning, the Plamber boys and their team had been digging up the road to the center since the very early hours and it was therefore closed for the day. When they realised Mirjana was giving birth, they spent quite some time covering the holes again… but in the end it was decided that it was better to send a helicopter in any case. So we had our first dramatic and very exciting helicopter landing on the fields of the EC. Mirjana was placed safely inside, the helicopter took off and disappeared over the mountains again. It was a very touching moment for everyone. The twins came in the afternoon and the whole family is doing well. We look forward to welcoming them home.
Now, work continues everywhere: Lasse from Holland helps Nicklas and Gosia in the kitchen for a longer period. In the villa, the ceiling in part of the eating room has been restored after an old water damage from the balcony above it. The walls are being painted and next week the old flower fabric in one corner will be replaced by new. Roof work on the garage continues and there was even a little extra work for the men on the roof as it was decided that a third window should be put in. The tool room at the entrance that will once turn into a café to greet people has been insulated. The Plamber boys keep flattening the ground and moving big piles of earth around for up to 16 hours a day. The cleaning of the first floor of the barn that we will use for office and meeting space for the summer course has begun. And it is DUSTY!
After all of this, we danced a lot in our new, extended workers’ café Friday and Saturday. Edwin was great DJ.
So work goes on and we will get ready. But please come if you can! We are having a great time – and you will too.

By ecteam