It was very nice that she could share in our life here, and despite the iciest frosts which we had, fit in smoothly in our everyday life. In June we traveled to Germany for our official vacation. Leaving Krasnojarsk was difficult for me, but then I could nevertheless enjoy these three months so much. If I look back now on this time, it appears to me like a dream, simply because the life in Germany, particularly in the heath village of Hermannsburg, was so different. And I really enjoyed it that in the morning already the birds twittered and Jonathan could play outside before I had risen, moreover the fact that the children could be outside a lot and were very balanced.
Everyday life goes so much more easily.
We have so many good friends, dear and supporting families, and there are so many people, who are interested in our work and bring us gifts, acknowledgment, and support. At the end of our vacation the return to our second homeland, of which one heard as much uncertain and dark in the news, felt difficult for me. Through a couple days in a monastery, as well as through our renewed sending in the chapel of the mission seminary, God reminded me however again of the commission which we have from Him, and which I can also affirm completely once again. And so we are sent thus again for the next three years to Krasnojarsk and are braced for what God intends here. We were particularly pleased to see that the congregation life also during our absence continued happily, particularly that the assistants for the children's service had continued independently, which went well and strengthened their self-confidence.