A letter from Germany
Brigitte (From and organization called Caritas, responsible for sending volunteers from Germany to Africa, who also worked with Ester for many years ) writes with her husband Martin after there four days with us.
[caption id="attachment_951" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Brigitte knitting with the children!
At the end of October, Martin and I had the great joy to spend our last days of our stay in Tanzania in Karibu Nyumbani.
Our first impressions where, a well kept, organized surrounding. The beautiful sent of blooming flowers filled the air and we got to know the lively children of Karibu Nyumbani and fell in love with them straight away. We could not believe, that the children are just there for eight months. Karibu Nyumbai is truely their home. We heard; "it is our kitchen”, the lorry is “our lorry” and the garden "our garden" and the cashew nuts are “our cashew nuts”. For the children it seems, their was never a time before Karibu Nyumbani. It really brings tears to your eyes if see and feel how the Children relate to Ester ( Mama), to Fiona (Mama Pipi) and Ludmilla ( Mama Mia) they are their Mothers. The children have adopted their mothers!!
We saw Fiona's love for flowers in the children, who expressed their excitement about a beautiful flower. Fiona's fine understanding of the beauty of the creation of God, as well as the very practical planning and organizing daily life and the building projects gives the children a lot of security.
Ester is for sure the backbone for the children. She is the one, who brings in the cultural background, sets many necessary boundaries. It is so beautiful to see, that the children lean on her love and joy of life.
Ludmila`s great way of very practically “just doing things” is very welcomed by the children. They love to be with her, play cards with her and learn lot`s of things from her.
The fingerprints of the three mothers are visible in the children as you can find it in natural family. The place is literally filled with lots of laughter and excitement. You can experience the excitement of the author of life in this place.
Thank all three of you, that you allowed us, to be a part of your life. You are a great example to us and we took a lot of peace and joy with us..