Uploaded October 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
The April 2022 edition of "Brethren Voices" featured the stories of Florian Wesseler and his best friend Johannes Stitz. The two young men from Germany provided service in Brethren Volunteer Service, at SnowCap Community Charities in Gresham, Oregon. A long-term SnowCap volunteer, Scott Bringhurst stated, "The last 7 months have been amazing at SnowCap, because we've had two young guys with a very positive attitude, with a willingness to work, really, hard. The volunteers following them have very big shoes to fill. These guys will be long remembered by SnowCap."
Florian credits Johannes with the idea of doing a term of service, together. They applied to a German organization that works with volunteers and were referred to Brethren Volunteer Service. This eventually led them to SnowCap, which has received high recommendations from previous German volunteers.
The two volunteers used their off time, to do traveling in the United States including trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco. A mid-term BVS conference took them to Chicago, and they made a side trip to New York, before returning to Portland.
Both, Johannes and Florian enjoyed visits from their families while in the United States. While in Portland, both families had the opportunities to visit SnowCap and get a "good look" at some of the contributions that their sons were making in the Portland community. Prior to their return home to Germany, Florian and Johannes shared with "Brethren Voices," some of the highlights of their experience of serving in America.
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TAGS: German Volunteer Service, Gap Year in Germany, Brethren Volunteer Service, SnowCap, Volunteer Work Opportunities, Emergency Food Resources
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The April 2022 edition of "Brethren Voices" featured the stories of Florian Wesseler and his best friend Johannes Stitz. The two young men from Germany provided service in Brethren Volunteer Service, at SnowCap Community Charities in Gresham, Oregon. A long-term SnowCap volunteer, Scott Bringhurst stated, "The last 7 months have been amazing at SnowCap, because we've had two young guys with a very positive attitude, with a willingness to work, really, hard. The volunteers following them have very big shoes to fill. These guys will be long remembered by SnowCap."
Florian credits Johannes with the idea of doing a term of service, together. They applied to a German organization that works with volunteers and were referred to Brethren Volunteer Service. This eventually led them to SnowCap, which has received high recommendations from previous German volunteers.
The two volunteers used their off time, to do traveling in the United States including trips to Los Angeles and San Francisco. A mid-term BVS conference took them to Chicago, and they made a side trip to New York, before returning to Portland.
Both, Johannes and Florian enjoyed visits from their families while in the United States. While in Portland, both families had the opportunities to visit SnowCap and get a "good look" at some of the contributions that their sons were making in the Portland community. Prior to their return home to Germany, Florian and Johannes shared with "Brethren Voices," some of the highlights of their experience of serving in America.
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TAGS: German Volunteer Service, Gap Year in Germany, Brethren Volunteer Service, SnowCap, Volunteer Work Opportunities, Emergency Food Resources
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How To Broadcast This Show On Your Local Public TV Station
This show is available for local public TV stations to broadcast. Phone your local public TV station (LPTV) to request they broadcast this film to your local community. Your station can download the film in TV broadcast format, HD or SD, from PEGMedia.org . This film is available for broadcast from any LPTV station in the country - and world. Stations that use Telvue, DVDs or other media can contact us for instructions.
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