Brother Hermann

Another good thing about Kairos Prison Ministry is how we are all there for each other. I wrote earlier (3/20/09) about how we had a prayer vigil for Brother Hermann at his hospital room a few weeks back. I just received an email this afternoon reporting that he passed this past Friday, April 10--Good Friday.

I went to the visitation this evening. (Hunnee couldn't go because of pastor's meeting. He missed the last one because he was getting his teeth fixed and last week he was soooo sick.) He has such a lovely family. There was a photo album of his and Mrs. Zoey's wedding. He used to happily say how they y were married over fifty years. He talked about his wife all the time so that even if you'd never met her you felt you knew her.

If you ever sat by Brother Hermann in a Kairos meeting, you'd be well-entertained. He was hilarious and very smart. He'd retired from Exxon as an engineer. We went to Kairos Advanced Training together. You could see his face all aglow when it was time to start a new Kairos team He was always happy to be there. He told us a couple of times over that when he started getting grouchy at home, his wife Zoey would say, "Isn't it time for you to do another Kairos?"

He had the best hugs and the best stories. When he found out I worked with children with disabilities, he told me about his daughter who was in Heaven. He said she couldn't walk or talk and that doctors advised he and Mrs. Zoey put her away in a home. They kept her with the rest of the family and took her with them on family vacations. He knew she was already covered by the blood of Jesus and that they'd be together again.

In thinking of Brother Hermann and what joy he had the thought kept coming that he knew where he was going, so we know where he is.