Upper Austria HARP Meeting in Linz, Austria

W e held our first HARP meeting this school year. The meeting was organized by the staff of the Upper Austrian HARP leadership in spirituality. Thanks to family Schmerda, we were able to have a shuttle from the train station to our main site, the Schaunburg (see picture below) and also cooperation with the leadership from the Tyrol. have a station at their house nearby. About 35, on average, 2nd gen between 11 and 24, We finished around 4 pm and then headed back to coming from almost all regions of Austria, Linz in order to be in time for Rev. Ahn’s visit at the participated. We held the meeting in our new center centre that night. Then we received Rev. Ahn, in Linz, Humboldstraße. The meeting’s motto was “To together with the Linzer community. He was quite be a fighter for God”, which we tried to integrate in glad, to see so many 2nd generation. He gave our activities. guidance for about 2 2/5 hours and also shared parts Beginning of our meeting was on the evening of the of his life testimony. Especially the older 2nd gen, 31st, which happens to be Halloween. So after having were quite inspired and could really benefit a lot. The dinner, we gave the HARPies the opportunity to have younger ones struggled a lot, mainly because of a chance to go Trick or Treat for 2 hours. Additionally fatigue and language barrier. We ended the day, with we held a costume contest, whose winner would get a few games and gave them time to relax after such a 25 % on the fee. Before going to sleep, we each an intense day. shared about our experiences and got ready for the The next morning we had a lecture given by Reinhard next day. and Kasia Bauer. The topic, that was chosen, was, For the next day, we planned a small Adventure referring to the meeting’s motto, „Fighter for God“. Day/Challenge day. The Adventure day’s, theme was They split their lecture into two halves, one focusing a medieval one. Each team, had roles assigned ( on the theoretical/spiritual part, the other on monk, princess, knight, thief, mule etc), that all had practical aspect. Core content included the questions, special abilities, and goal was to go through stations for example „What is a fighter for God“, „What to and get as many points as possible, based on fight for“ and „How and when shall we fight“ and also performance, creativity, and investment. We chose a small meditation was done. the Eferdinger Becken (which is about 30 min drive ) This was a good finish for our meeting. All in all it was as our Adventure day site. Especially as Eferding and quite successful, and we all had a good time. its surrounding are very rich in history and also Gabriel Beutl