When Caleb came to school the next day, Caleb told Mrs.Z.,  his teacher, about his friend Gunnar Rinne. Mrs.Z. suggested that we should bring Gunnar for a visit to our school. He came the next Thursday after Caleb invited him for dinner. He came at noon while we were eating lunch.  After lunch, he told us information about his life.

A man from Germany came to our school! His name is Gunnar Rinne, and he  lives near Hamburg,Germany. He works at Weatherford and he is also a Part-time farmer. (He has his own farm.) His farming fields are in parts.

We got Gunnar to come because we’ve been studying books about German settlers that moved from Wehrstedt, Germany, to Texas. It happens to be so that Gunnar lives near Wehrstedt, but hasn’t been over there.

Here’s how, Caleb, one of our students from White Oak intermediate school, met Gunnar Rinne. It was a Thursday in March when Caleb’s dad invited Gunnar for dinner. Caleb’s dad  works with Gunnar. Caleb’s mom served Gunnar chicken adobo. He told Caleb’s family about his family. He has a wife and two kids, a boy and a girl. He also has a golden colored dog. Then he gave Caleb a German coin worth about$2.50 or $2.60. Also, he said that he had two ancestors that fought in World War I.

Gunnar told us about his house and how it has 26 rooms, the walls are 1-foot thick, and it was built in the late 1700’s. It’s also been passed down in his family, and there was a fire, but the rebuilt the house. The food in Germany is mostly potatoes and meat. (They don’t eat a lot of sauer-kraut.) Today Gunnar is currently in Corpus Christi. Thank You Gunnar for coming. Let God Bless You.

Written by: Caleb and Yaroub