Not long ago the Lutheran Seminary had its yearly fundraising event for missions. The raised money was given to the work of the Scharrer family, our Marburger Mission colleges. They do mission work in prisons, detention centers and among guest … Continue reading
Mid February we moved to Hsinchu. Simone’s mum came to visit us for that time to help us move. That really was a big help. We already settled in pretty well and feel at home. Joe started to participate in … Continue reading
Some weeks ago on Sunday the district that we live in offered a free health check up. There were several tables where they did a lot of different check ups. From a blood test, a lung function test, a dentist, … Continue reading
Children are really helping a lot with building relationships. Especially when they look different than most of the other kids, like having blond hair instead of black. At least that’s the case for us. When people walk by, we often … Continue reading
This summer we flew to Germany for a three weeks’ vacation. We are grateful that our two girls every time did very well on the long journey. During our time in Germany Joe also had to go to London for … Continue reading
Last Sunday we celebrated Anna’s first birthday together with some friends. In the afternoon we invited our two neighbor families over for a German style coffee and cake birthday party. In the evening some of the students that live in … Continue reading
In April we had Simone’s family visiting us. First Simone’s brother Andy and his wife Ulla came and one week later Simone’s parents also arrived. In their first week Andy and Ulla explored Taipei and we enjoyed a lot having … Continue reading
Beginning of February Joe’s parents came to visit us for ten days. First we showed them how our everyday life in Taipei looks like – where we buy our food, where Amy goes to preschool, our church… Although the weather … Continue reading
In Amy’s preschool they also celebrated Christmas. The whole preschool was decorated. December 22nd Amy’s preschool came to our church to hear and see what Christmas is about. First our pastor’s wife told them the Christmas story, then they looked … Continue reading
Christmas here in Taiwan is very different from Christmas in Germany or the US… Our church had a Christmas party on the Saturday before Christmas. Some people sang a song, some people did a little performance and there was a … Continue reading