On track: Peter D Leeming commends ‘journeying in the faith’
‘To travel in faith can be a journey towards joy.’
It was still dark when we arrived at the station, and my neighbour was eager to get back home. But before walking over to his car he paused and said quietly, ‘Remember, my friend, you travel in faith!’ He knew that I was worried. Prior to reunification, travel from West Germany into the communist East meant obtaining an entry visa in advance. Friends in Berlin had applied on my behalf, but nothing had arrived. An urgent phone call to the Quaker office in Berlin eventually produced a promise from the authorities that the visa would be issued to me in the train at the border checkpoint. But I remained nervous because my local train had a tight connection with the infrequent express across the border. What if I missed it? Could the promised visa be issued at a later crossing? That was not at all certain.
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