Everyday Mom goes to language school early in the morning. Amy, therefore, has breakfast with Dad and around noon we leave towards language school. First, we have to walk about 10 minutes and then we go by MRT (subway), which … Continue reading
This year New Year’s Eve was very different from the last years … There was no worship service and we couldn’t eat Raclette, which many people in Germany eat at New Year’s eve (it’s pretty hard to get good cheese … Continue reading
Advent celebration with the girls from 5th floor and Christmas service German Christmas Eve service Getting the Christmas tree ready Christmas Presents Despite the many Christmas decorations that can be seen here in Taiwan, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day are … Continue reading
At the moment there is a nice Advent and Christmas atmosphere in Taipei. Everywhere are Christmas lights and Christmas trees and in the supermarket you can even hear “Silent Night” playing in the German original. We are of course delighted … Continue reading
Last week the annual meeting of all the missionaries of Marburger Mission who work here in Taiwan was held. The meeting took place in the city of Hualien in Bethesda, a home for handicapped people that is run by the … Continue reading
Yesterday we celebrated Amy’s 2nd birthday. Together we were on a small playground and in the zoo here in Taipei. By metro we can reach the zoo within 20 minutes. Amy was very happy to see the animals. Her highlight … Continue reading
Last Sunday we started our journey to Taiwan. A lot of people came to the airport in Frankfurt to say goodbye to us. It was nice that our parents, Joe’s siblings, friends from our church and Helga from the Marburg … Continue reading
Now it’s already a month since our sending service at our home church in Neuenbürg. We were so busy the last few weeks with clearing our appartment, packing, … that we did not get to write something. Now it’s just … Continue reading
After several months of waiting, many phone calls, emails, visits to various Taiwanese embassies … we finally have our visas. It is exactly the type of visa we need for our work in Taiwan and now we can go ahead … Continue reading
In recent weeks I was able to see two men again, of whom I learned a lot. First my tutor and physics teacher from school and second my dean of my computer science studies. I have not seen both since … Continue reading