Today I will leave Germany and fly back to Cape Town via Frankfurt. As always I have the feeling it is really time to see “my” Table Mountain again and sleep in my own bed. Two more meetings are on the agenda for today before leaving for the airport. And even as it looks rainy and cloudy, it does not look foggy – Munich is known for awful fog and delayed flights in this time of the year.
As always I will sit at the airport and reflecting on the journey and ask myself where I am heading with my life and my work. When I am now home again, the reality of not having the German-speaking communities will kick in with full force. I have to focus on my new life and try to get a sort of rhythm into it. I would lie if I would not admit that I miss the people a bit, the usual Sunday service, the chat afterwards. But as it is with human beings, this will fade away and memories will replace it – fond memories of my time as a chaplain.
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It is amazing to come to town and you are greeted by your own face in town. An experience I still have to come to terms with as it is not usual for me to see myself at any other place as in the bathroom while shaving… 🙂 Well, some photo albums as well, but that is it. On the other hand people who are in the advertising industry tell me, that it is necessary to put a face to a project – and in this case it is me. Ok, I don’t mind if this helps the cause of HOPE Cape Town and brings people to learn about the project, to understand the situation in South Africa and to encourage them to help in a way they feel comfortable with.
God, AIDS, Africa & HOPE 