29th January:
Brother and Sister Rauch were out visiting and I was busy at school. The parents are so incited and made eager by their children that they wish to be permitted to listen along.
30th January:
We were busy writing letters because a courier was leaving for Bethlehem.
31st January:
The Singstunde was in the afternoon, during which I felt indescribably happy.
1st February:
Brother and Sister Nixdorf kept school and I watched them with pleasure.
2nd February:
In the afternoon I took leave of the children. They were very hurt. They told their parents they had to come back on Sunday and see the Brother once again. They sent heartfelt greetings to the children in Bethlehem.
3rd February
Brother Rauch and I visited various families and everywhere were received wby parents and children with the greatest love and warmth. As in Quittapahilla and Donegal they wanted to keep me for a year. Through their children the parents receive blessing and say the children come home full of joy and are busy day and night with the things that they have heard and learned. When they [the children] recited something, in order to practice, they made the gestures with their hands as they had seen it in school. There is quite a strong movement among them.
Brother Bader's Diary
of his Journey and Visit to the Schools in the Country from
16th November 1752 to
28th February 1753
Translated by Pastor Roy Ledbetter
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