Letter from Norka
Norka, February 15
Dear World Post!
How important you are to us with your reports from all over the world, especially from our friends and relatives in faraway America. The state of health is generally satisfactory, although some have suffered a great deal as a result of the severe cold. As has already been reported in other reports, our church is being rebuilt, for this purpose we have collected as much as we could here in the community, but the amount is far from enough to cover the expenses. We therefore turn to our relatives, friends and acquaintances in America, wherever they may be, to help us keep our house of God, no matter how small it may be. We hope that we haven't asked you in vain?
Greetings to all acquaintances and friends in Lincoln, Nebr., J Dering, H. Becker and my brother
W. Weidenkeller, as well as to John Schnell in Ramona, Kans. , from whom I await an answer to my letter. Brother L. Pfenning and Mr. Volz in York, and Hastings, Nebr., to Portlanders George and Elizabeth Hoelzer and J. Aschenbrenner, from whom I also await word.
The following parishioners support my request: J. Gerlach, Conrad Brehm, G. Albrecht, Carl Schnell, P. Kleiber, Georg Kaiser, John Scheidemann, Adam Schleuning, Jacob Schlidt, Hahn,
A. Schmer and H. Deines.
-George Weidenkeller
The money can be sent directly to me or to my comrade Melchior Lohfink.
How important you are to us with your reports from all over the world, especially from our friends and relatives in faraway America. The state of health is generally satisfactory, although some have suffered a great deal as a result of the severe cold. As has already been reported in other reports, our church is being rebuilt, for this purpose we have collected as much as we could here in the community, but the amount is far from enough to cover the expenses. We therefore turn to our relatives, friends and acquaintances in America, wherever they may be, to help us keep our house of God, no matter how small it may be. We hope that we haven't asked you in vain?
Greetings to all acquaintances and friends in Lincoln, Nebr., J Dering, H. Becker and my brother
W. Weidenkeller, as well as to John Schnell in Ramona, Kans. , from whom I await an answer to my letter. Brother L. Pfenning and Mr. Volz in York, and Hastings, Nebr., to Portlanders George and Elizabeth Hoelzer and J. Aschenbrenner, from whom I also await word.
The following parishioners support my request: J. Gerlach, Conrad Brehm, G. Albrecht, Carl Schnell, P. Kleiber, Georg Kaiser, John Scheidemann, Adam Schleuning, Jacob Schlidt, Hahn,
A. Schmer and H. Deines.
-George Weidenkeller
The money can be sent directly to me or to my comrade Melchior Lohfink.
Sources
Die Welt-Post und der Staats-Anzeiger, 25 Apr 1929, page 2.
This translation is provided courtesy of Michelle Monson.
This translation is provided courtesy of Michelle Monson.
Last updated November 24, 2023