"Der Helfer Timothi in Malila mit seiner Familie. Timothi wird voraussichtlich Anfang des Jahres 1939 von Br. Gemuseus ordiniert werden." ("The assistant Timothi with his family in Malila. Timothi is expected to be ordained by Brother Gemuseus at the beginning of 1939."). Timothi is standing among his family. He is wearing a white suit. On the right: his wife, carrying a baby. In the background: a thatched hut. Timoti / Timothi Mwashusa is described in a letter from Gemuseus (1927) as "the main support of our work in Santilja in Malila". -- Werner Hauffe (1909-1982) was a carpenter and later a missionary of the Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine. From 1933 to 1939, he served in Rungwe, Utengule and Isoko. In Utengule, he was an assistant to Brother Gemuseus. In 1937 he married Irmgard Wolff.
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2 copies photographic print, 8.5 x 5.4 cm. photographs
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