Dear Friends,
We pray that you are doing well.
As you might know, Hugo, our youngest son has graduated from high school last week. Caren and I are very thankful and pleased that he reached this goal. We have witnessed over the last two years since we moved here to Germany how he has matured in many ways. Hugo graduated with an average GPA of 3.8 which is the best he ever did in high school since he arrived here in 2005. Today is his 19th birthday. Hugo was also one of two students in the school who received the special Dr. Stephans’ Memorial award for Pursuing the Truth. We are very proud of him.
Hugo decided not to go straight away to college but to take a ‘gap’ year. During this year he wants to find a job to earn some money so that he could travel some and explore parts of the world on his own. The second part of this year he and one of his class mates will join Caren and me on our 6 month Africa Overland trip where we will travel from Germany to Namibia with our Land Cruiser. Part of this trip will be ministry related as we will follow-up on previous counseling with missionaries. We will also be available to do team building workshops, caring and debriefing missionaries and missionary team as needed.
My main reason for this post is that I do this on behalf of Hugo. As I have mentioned earlier, Hugo is looking for a job at the moment. We would like to find out from you if you might be aware of any minimum wage jobs that might be available that Hugo might qualify for. He is willing to do anything. We know that this is kind of late notice, and the summer (here in Europe and the USA) is already upon us and the economy does not look that good, but maybe you might have contacts, opportunities or possibilities that we are not aware of. Hugo had a job lined up to go to Alaska to be a deckhand on a ship but that fell though only last week.
We would appreciate it if you can be of any help. Hugo is a US and Namibian citizen, and we have property in Florida so we qualify as residents of FL. Hugo can come on relatively short notice. He unfortunately does not have a FL driver’s license at the moment but he also intends to obtain it, while he might be in FL. He would be available to work throughout the summer and also after that when schools and colleges will start again, so investment in him will go beyond the summer time.
Will you be so kind to let us know if you are personally or otherwise aware of any working possibilities for Hugo?
Looking forward to hear from you.
Willie Van Der Merwe (Clinical Associate)
Godspeed Missionary Care
website: www.godspeedservices.org
Personal website: www.willievandermerwe.wordpress.com
Email: willie@godspeedservices.org or willie.vandermerwe3@gmail.com
Mobile Phone: +49 1727548083
Vonage Home Phone: +1 352 2838182
German Phone: +49 7626 9745116
Skype: willievandermerwe
