Saskatoon, SK, Callander, ON

Your fine recognition of CLWR at 75, (July/Aug. p. 10) revived my memory of visiting a CLWR water project in Zimbabwe in 1998. We got to see the outcome of a water project—irrigation of a crop of corn with fully ripened ears ready for harvest.

Our local farmer-guide pointed out there were no ears on the stocks around the edge of the plot. Proudly, he told us that people who had not worked on the project, who were not supposed to benefit from the outcome, had come in at night to steal the corn!

That was a sign to him that the water project was that important and worthwhile! For me, it was a sign of the quality of work done by CLWR for the benefit of those in need.—Bishop Allan Grundahl, Saskatoon

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The picture of the Beaverbrae on page 12 recalled my own crossing on this ship back in 1953 as an 11-year-old immigrant to Canada. Even before that, my family benefited from the assistance provided by the CLWR and The Lutheran World Federation as refugees in Austria from war-torn Yugoslavia.

My father’s memoirs recount dramatic details of this period, as well as our new start in Canada. This work has recently been published under the title A Journey of Faith Across a Turbulent Century—memoirs of a refugee pastor, by Philipp Weingartner. Copies can be ordered from this link: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000140
962689 —Erich Weingartner, Callander, ON