
It's now my second week at the Father's House. The children make it very easy for us to get in touch with them. They are so open. I am absolutely sure that this is the place where God wants to have me ... The outreaches to Cubao or wherever we are going, are full of life. Every time when we arrive in the different areas, the children run to us. However, the bad health condition of the children deeply moves me. All you can do is pray - and that's what I can definitely do even though I don't speak any Tagalog.

The days at the Father's House and the City Mission are filled with action ... and lots of fun. These are just a few impressions of our life here. We do everything together - always. Filipinos don't like to be by themselves.


This is a playground of an American school for missionary children, which we may use. It's great that it has a roof, because the weather is very rainy - and it might well be that things literally drown.



Wir gehören zusammen und finden es toll, dass unsere Freunde aus Deutschland da sind.
We belong together - it's so great that our friends from Germany are here.
Im Augenblick erleben wir eine kleine Krankheitswelle im Father's House. Glücklicherweise sind nicht alle gleichzeitig krank. Was sollen wir da machen? Wir beten - denn Gebet verändert immer etwas. Natürlich klopft da auch schon mal nachts so ein Zwerg an unsere Tür, ganz verweint und klagt über Kopfschmerzen, Übelkeit usw. Mehr als trösten, beten, im Bedarfsfall Medizin verabreichen und wieder ins Bett bringen kann man da nicht machen. Doch alleine das ist Heilung für die Kinder. Diese Kleinen haben oftmals schon ein hartes Leben hinter sich, obwohl sie kaum 8, 9 oder 10 Jahre alt sind. Und in diesem Leben hat sich niemand um sie gekümmert, geschweige denn Notiz von ihren Nöten genommen. Buchstäblich hat für sie ein neues Leben begonnen.
At the moment we are having some sickness going around the Father's House. Luckily not everybody is sick at the same time. What do we do in this situation? Wie pray - for prayer changes everything. Sure there is sometimes one of the little ones knocking at our door in the middle of the night crying because of a headache or suffering from vomitting, etc. There is nothing else we can do but comfort them, pray for them, and if necessary we give them some medicine and put them back to sleep. However, that alone means healing for these children. Those kids have already lived a hard life, though they haven't even turned 8, 9 or 10. And in that life there was no one taking care of them, let alone taking notice of any need. They literally received a new life.

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