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1925
In 1925 I was invited to the 50th anniversary of Swiss Missionaries to Valdesia near Elim outside Louis Trichardt.
The old Brother Creuz, as well as Bovet and Bourging [?] had often invited me to look at their work in the North. At last I managed. Rev. Dörnam from the Presbyterians, Rev. Eva from the Wesleyans and Rev. Daniel from the Dutch Mission were also invited. We drove there in a convoy and were received in Elim by Miss Hess, the matron of the hospital and were accommodated together in the so-called Kuli-House. It was a nice feast. Everybody from the Swiss colony was there, many black Christians and many heathens came. There were also delegates from Switzerland and from Lorenzo Marques. The feast was held in Valdesia.
From there I visited Tshakome, Brother Gieseke’s station, returned to Elim and looked around there and spoke to Miss
Hess on that evening who spoke good German, while everybody else was speaking English or French. This lady had made
the impression on us four missionaries that she would be a hardworking missionary’s wife. I drove to Tshakome with a Miss Rüger. The wife of Brother Gieseke is a sister of Missionary Paul Schwelnuss.