work, there are no prayer Eeetings here, r,rhich r -could not
quite understand, as rre had prayer meetings, br,rt r courd_ not
Iet on to Brother i'iattison. IIe left, and.-r remained. in my
positlon, satlsfied.
After being in my position 6 years, and- the e1ler scholars
r{ere conf irme4 and got other positi.ons, I felt ra.ttrer unlvanted.
and rvrote to U.A"C
After that r got a carr in rB50 to go to sltlczerranc,
schafhousen and Graeburcleir as a Diaspora r,rorker. This calr
seemecl to tne goocl as I r,ioulcl sc e the )-ovely S-r,rit zci.Iand. ancl
be acti're in i.ioraviari r,uork.
ldhen f s1:oke to ray prin
sooner f stay uith him, end.
make no diftlerence. Bui as
my call he Gavc in anci tirank
and tire patience I haC irith
their kindness and gooclncss
fauiil;r f or.
c ine.I
IE
ha
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AD
ire
eci
his
to
ol r:y call, he said. he r;cr-lId
gards my exi:tci:ce, iL shoul_d.
d notieed. I l,roulcl tike to folIoi,r
for all the r;ork I had done
hild.ren. On account c;f aIl
e I lrad more /Etant hin e.nd. his
- r acceptecl the carr to sr..rrtzerland and sta.rtecl to get
read-y for ny trip, took leave cf *y Fri,cipal ancl his fanil-y,
arso of lovely Pabiance anc r..ient to Jatnchlr,,rolle, costertinol.r,
Lcts,SaIsfeId. and_ ilren to i.Iarsharn
T started ny- vis-iting j ourneT to Canton Gra.nd.nat ion, to
char where r rias kindly oirerea a fer,i d"ays stay in the llousc of
Antlc1es. I macle house visits around- Char i'ihere I had heart to
heart tarks riith different ones, i+hieh cheered, me a 1ot. 
From
there r went on to st. i,ioritz in Edged.en, but it trras hard.
clirnbing oyer hill-s and. flats, 
and- iain had set in.
r vras forced- to stay at a Guest House tr.ro nigtrts and. a
day, so that r arrivecl fiom char after a fevr d.ays", at stalls,
at the foot of the Jurien. Her.e r had the Zroobft. Jurien in
front of ue, vrhich r rras suLrposecl to climb, r sa-r.l Tac rray up
and started the next morning r,iith set f ooting, but hacl to learn
that even hill climbing had. to be p=u,"Liced.r-as only half i+ay
up my knees began to trembre. r shoulcl ha.ve riked to sit aoun
and rest, but there was no stick nor stone, onry a r.Iet stony
ground rrith many places covered. uith iee and. earilr erusts. - I
r;JBS forced- to climb orlr r,rhere r, und.er many heart beats goL to
the top.
cn getting ui: there, there l.ras not nucrr to see, only a
palr of old. Jurien poles rvhich iirere beginnlng to crumble. A
fine rain ha.cl r..iet ray clothes and. r rras feeling corcl. r began
going doun the other sicr.e, v.rhich seemecr much easler.
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