Last week we had our annual sports event at the Lutheran seminary, called the “Luther Cup.” Everyone participates, all the students, teachers and the coworkers, and it was great to have such a day in between the everyday school routine. … Continue reading
Mid-February we celebrated Chinese New Year, the biggest family celebration in Taiwan and Chinese culture. Before Chinese New Year Amy and Anna learned a lot about traditions and stories about Chinese New Year in preschool. They also taught us a … Continue reading
Like in the years before, we and our colleagues organized a German Christmas Eve service in Taipei. Altogether we were about 60 people and it was great to have a little bit of German Christmas here in Taiwan. After the … Continue reading
Right now it’s strawberry season here in Taiwan (December to early April). Last Sunday we drove to the strawberry valley, about an hour south of where we live, to pick some strawberries. Amy and Anna enjoyed it a lot and … Continue reading
The first half of February we celebrated Chinese New Year. Although it´s already past, we want to share a little bit about how we celebrated Chinese New Year with you… Chinese New Year has six holidays in a row and … Continue reading
Since last semster Simone is leading a wives fellowship together with the wife of the director of the school here. Before last semester there was no group for the wives of the students who live at the school together with … Continue reading
This Thursday people here in Taiwan celebrated the Moon Festival. The festival is celebrated according to the moon calendar at the time of the first autumn full moon. Like the last three years our former neighbors from Taipei invited us … Continue reading
This week from Monday to Wednesday we had our annual meeting with all our Marburg Mission colleges who work here in Taiwan. We met in Hualien, at the east coast of Taiwan, were Marburg Mission has a home for handicapped … Continue reading
This summer we were able to spend some time in Germany. We were happy to see our families and a lot of our friends. We also spent some days to go on vacation with our parents. First we went to … Continue reading
A few weeks ago Simone and a few other mums started a toddler group at the seminary. The mums here mainly know bible study groups for mothers. A group that focuses on the little kids is for many of them … Continue reading