Kreh Group Visit 2014
EVS committee member and old friend of JLSS, Anselm Kreh, arrived to
Schneller School with a tour group from Germany Wednesday 11 June 2014.
The group consisted of church members and supporters of Schneller
schools. They visited various touristic places in Lebanon in spite of
the security situation.
The group consisted of Anselm, Jonas, & Tilman
Kreh, Dr. Gerd Backes and his wife Dr. Jutta Backes, Mr. Jan-Ulrich
Rademaker, Mrs. Annegret Göhringer, Mr. Christian and Mrs. Margarete
Sauermann, Mrs. Claudia Barth, Mrs. Ingrid Kümmerle, Mrs. Claudia
Burkert-Ankenbrand, Mr. Ulrich Esslinger and his brother Andreas, Mrs.
Iris Gruttke, Mrs. Getrud Neugebauer, and Elise
Kreh who stayed in the house of Dr. Riad Kassis.
Members of the group
played brass instruments during the evening chapel service of the
boarding department on Thursday 12 June at 7:00 PM and Anselm
also played the piano.
The group had a meeting with the director to hear about the latest
developments in JLSS. They visited the various departments and got to know our staff and
the work they do, enquiring about old and new projects and events.
Just before their departure on Friday 20 June they
planted a cedar tree in the biblical garden to commemorate their visit. It
was
good that it took them sometime to plant the
cedar and say good buy because a
suicide bomber blew himself up on the Dahr Al-Beidar checkpoint that
morning.
The group had to turn back because the road to Beirut was
closed. They travelled to Beirut through the Chouf region, but by the
time they arrived in the airport they had
already missed their flight. They stayed in the airport
for fifteen hours before they could get a flight back to Germany.
We are so grateful that the group returned safely to Germany in spite of
the danger and difficulties they faced. We thank all the members
of the group for their visit, for staying in our guest facilities, and for their kind
support of our school.
We especially thank Anselm Kreh for his
friendship and wonderful dedication to JLSS.