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1920 – 1921
We had thoroughly investigated the Rama matter and the Rama people had often been to Mahnke and H. Behrens and had asked for readmission in vain and because they were without fault, we served them from January 1921 to May 1942. upon instructions by their captain they had only pulled down a wall in the night from Sunday to Monday which the other party had built through the small church with the consent of Mahnke
and as a result he did not serve them for two years and banned them. More on the story of Rama to follow.
In February 1921 we had the Berlin Synod in Potchefstroom. At the conference of missionaries the matter of Rama was
also raised and the vice-chairperson Missionary Kuschke said that Missionary W. Behrens had acted incorrectly and was in the way of the desired approximation and cooperation of the Berlin and Hermannsburg Mission. He had not investigated the Rama matter, nor had he requested the matter to be resolved, but simply gave his judgment. I said that if I was in the way that could be changed easily by me moving out of the way and by resolving the loose ties to the Berlin Mission for myself and my congregation and that is what happened and that is how it stayed.