The occasion of one of her holiday homes Sister
Engelberta preached a sermon in the church. With a stirring appeal she
tried to find people for sponsorships for the children in order to pay
their school fees.
Otto Hofmann was one of the listeners and decided to help his former
school-mate on her missionary station in Kenya. Soon after that Sister
Engelberta asked him to come to Africa and see his godchildren. Not
hesitating Mr. and Mrs. Hofmann flew to Africa. And deeply moved they
returned.
When they had sunk in the mud with an old VW-Beetle - it was the season of
rain - Mr. Hofmann knew, that the sisters needed a cross-country vehicle
as soon as possible in order to keep a connection from their missionary
station to the surrounding areas. Just one year later, in 1979, he had
collected the money for a Range Rover and could present it to the sisters.
After this the people who had initiated the collection found the name for
the sponsors: Ages-Froehlich-Verein.
In 1979 the Range Rover reaches its destination.