“HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS,” belongs to the “Home Sweet Home Collection” and was bought yesterday at The Warehouse.

“Home is where the heart is.”

 I was born in Germany and lived there until I was twentysix. I went to school in the north of Germany and worked in the Ruhr District and travelled not only in Germany but also in a number of European countries.

“Home is where the heart is”

For the next thirteen years I worked as a missionary in Thailand. Our Missionary Society worked in three provinces, in the northwest.

At the end of 1979 I moved from Thailand to the north of New Zealand, and I am still here in Aotearoa, as the land is also called. I have just figured out that I am almost thirtyfive years in New Zealand.

Suppose you would ask me now the question, “WHERE IS YOUR HOME?” What do you think what my answer would be?

Here is my answer:

“My home is not Germany, my home is not Thailand, my home is not New Zealand, because my heart is in Heaven.”

I like the hymn, “This is not my home, I’m just a-passing through,” by an anonymous author, where it says in the chorus, “If Heaven’s not my home, then Lord what will I do?”

Home is where the heart is.”