By Louis from Indonesia I like the sweater/scarf with the knitted motifs. But I never thought of learn to knit before. Because I think it is too complicated and need a lot of time to finish one piece of knitting. And I never imagine myself sit on the couch and knit because I am a type of person who easily gets bored and doesn’t feel like staying at home.

by Louis from Indonesia Winter is coming and now it is the cold’s turn. This is my first time experiencing cold weather for a long term of time. In North Sumatera where I lived the weather is normally 18-32 degrees Celsius. There is no winter in Indonesia, only dry season and rainy season.

by Georges from DR Congo „A traveler is more beneficial than a reader of different books on the spot“ However, on the night of Friday, 9 in the early morning of Saturday, 10 October 2021, we had trampled our feet in the land of Dante commonly known as Italy. Here it was in the area of ​​Torre Pellice. This trip was indeed very long but also with many discoveries on the way.

by Georges from DR Congo   The modification of the atmospheric compounds of the Earth are the consequences of human activities and very often it is the natural variations that oppose them. Global warming and the emission of gas make headlines all over the world, and everyone has been complaining since the industrial revolution.

by Adelia from Indonesia 24. September 2021: Volunteer House joined Climate prayer #FridayforFuture from St. Joseph, Munsterstrasse, Dortmund. We were with some youths from Lydia-Gemeinde and Evangelische Jugend Dortmund. As youths that are aware of sustainability, we give our action these days. We gave environmental advocates as good stewards of God’s creation, we were joining this action and make everybody aware of our lifestyles that should and always protect the planet.

by Esperance from the DR Congo I also hoped more than anything else that all volunteers who should come to Dortmund would finally be here. Now finally the time has come, we are all here now in Dortmund doing our voluntary service and I can not thank God enough for this privilege God gives us to live in this house together as a family. Being all together reunited in this house is the most wonderful thing that has happened to us. It was not easy to live here in the volunteershouse while knowing that one of us could not join in this incredible avanture, but since Adelia arrived from Indonesia, finally everthing is perfect. The emptiness that was there before because Adelia was missing has disappeared for a month already and I am really

by Adelia from Indonesia   I had a nice retreat for five days with the topic “My Journey through Life” with Lydia’s congregation and women. We drove to Scherfede, a small town in North-Rhine Westphalia.