Mr. Siegfried had never seen me (except for seeing me in the pictures) and I talked to him once over the phone when I was living in the US. Since I was going to Germany, I wanted to meet Mr. Siegfried and tell him personally what and how much he meant to me. He lives in city called Hamburg with his wife.
On the 28th, my friend and I boarded the ICE high speed train at Duisburg for Hamburg at about 8:00 AM and reached Hamburg-Harburg rail station around 11:00. When I got off the train, I noticed an elderly caucasian man was looking at me and I knew from his earlier pictures that it was him. I waved at him and with a big grin came and he came close gave me a hug.
He took us to his children’s homes and we had lunch together. As usual I did most of the talking and he just listened. He asked me lots of questions about what I am doing now and when he heard about the work of the HOPE House he looked very happy. Altogether we were there for about 3 hours and then it was time to get back to the rail station to return. Mr. Siegfried and his son drove us to the station.
I didn’t know when I’ll see him again but I was so satisfied that I had gotten to meet a man who paid for my entire education unconditionally. When I found out through his children that they came to know about what their dad did to me, only that day, I was really moved and appreciated his humility.
If you ever want to help someone, help a child to get educated.
1 comment:
What a nice story! It's great that you got to meet him. Good luck on the rest of your trip.
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