„Welcome to Africa!" - the one sentence I hear most often here in Ghana. And the people who say it, mean it. Everyone's very open and friendly. When I arrived in Accra last Friday night the difference between the nicely ordered airplane (still the flight was different from any other I've been on, for the passengers were all using their seat rows as beds, furthermore the plane was quite empty) and the airport was immense. The passport checkpoint and the entry ...

After a long time of being at home and training for the Engadin Skimarathon, I could finally end this project with a success on Sunday. The weather was marvelous and the conditions amazing. The entire last week was encouraging, since the army told me not to come anymore and I know at last what I will do for the rest of the year until my studies begin. It was a privilege to see God provide for me during this long time of injury and waiting. Every time I needed to ...

The following day, we got up and went to the city centre again in order to get some information about the hikes. We picked a hike to Mount Lomoron, which took us about 5 hours in total. The views were spectacular as you can see in the picture. We had a great overview of the lakes and the surrounding mountains. We got to know a cool american from Colorado and had a talk about politics, the upcoming elections and the economy in general. Very interesting. In the e...

On the 3rd of October we had a massive drive to Wellington ahead of us, so we got up quite early and arrived there at noon. Having checked in with our hippie camper, we could do at least some sight-seeing and visited the rughby stadium in Wellington. We then hit the ferry and enjoyed a beautiful cruise to Picton which took us about three hours. We got to see NZ from a different point of view and enjoyed the time to read our books. Christian was reading the Da Vin...

The hospitality of the Spirgis in Sydney was really cool. We could eat healthily and come back whenever we wanted. Moreover we had a great access to all the church activities. One evening, we had a small tabletennis tournament which was a lot of fun. Sydney is a beautiful city and especially the Opera House and the Harbour Bridge were stunning. At Hillsong Church, we went to the College where Christian attended a Worship Class and I went to a Pastors Class....