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Innovation Prize for Voluntary Organizations
Initiated each year by the Bavarian Government, the contest in which voluntary organizations are invited, to enroll this time had the motto “Passionately Involved! Inspire and win volunteers”. It attracted over 400 applications and independent judges, including...
Success! – Funding has been approved
In fall 2015 nehemia team applied for funds at the German „Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development” (bmz). The funding shall support nehemia team Pakistan, who is going to open another school in Karachi. After lots of delays and waiting we finally...
Nehemiah International Network Gathering 2016
For over a week almost 40 co-workers of the various teams of International Nehemiah Network met in Thailand. People from 14 different nations – a colorful mix of language and culture. Interaction of the (very) different cultures was one of the central themes. During...
Where the Rain Forest Dies….
A small team visited the heartland of Borneo in April 2016: Hans Heidelberger with Thomas Tschaftary, Katrin Albang and Claudia Schweyer, accompanied by Wolfgang and Heidi Oelschlegel, who are leading a school boarding house in Sanggau since several years. Once again...
Don’t Build a Wall Around your Heart
Refugees in Germany – it’s a topic that seems to be everywhere these days, at least in the media. As I follow the current news coverage, my feelings run the range between helplessness, horror and hope. The plight of people in need unsettles me; it grips me and won’t...
The Oelschlegels take over the leadership of a home for school children
The German Nehemia co-workers Wolfgang and Heidi Oelschlegel took on leadership positions at the “New Hope” children’s home in Sanggau in the summer of 2015. This project is under the oversight of World Outreach and offers about 110 children and youth between 6 and 24...
Living Jesus-like in this world
That was the recurrent theme of the nehemiah international network leaders’ gathering. From November 10-18, leaders from the various nehemiah Teams came together at the Home of Blessing in Thailand. In addition to further development of the network with its wide array...
Refugees Express Their Gratefulness to the Municipality of Nuremberg
On December 4, 2015, a group of refugees accompanied by staff of the nehemiah Contact Café visited the mayor’s office in Nuremberg. They expressed their gratefulness for the way that they were received upon arrival and also informed about their current situation....
Special Request for Our Kenya Project
Last May, Michael Dorsch and I returned from a visit to our farm project in Kenya - the Miwani Center outside Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria. We spent one full week together with the local leadership team and our American partners, brainstorming and...
In the end, isn’t it about God being able to move me?
We often ask God that we might receive things: We pray for provision, healing, spiritual gifts, a free parking place, friends, fulfilment and so on. Or we seek to pray like spiritual warriors, to “move the hand of God” for revival, or that the Lord might do great...
Risk Following Your Heart!
We really enjoyed living in our little detached house on the outskirts of Nuremberg, but we also sensed that it was time for some major changes. “Don’t be too settled, but always be ready to set out on a new path.” This sentence from a prayer calendar kept me thinking...
Tools for Integration: German Language Classes
As part of their refugee work, the Nehemia Team has been offering German language classes since the beginning of this year. Four women between 45 and 53 years of age, two from Ethiopia and two from Pakistan, are attending the beginner’s course, sometimes joined by...