Tanja and Andreas especially value and represent the triad of mission - discipleship - compassion. Therein you particularly feel that they often bring the love of God to the people in a practical and simple way. In the year 2015, they were challenged to travel to Tanzania to help in a Medical Center. This mission completely changed their lives. It was to be the birth of WeltBeweger and WorldChanger.

On the first day of the medical mission, a young Tanzanian named Sharifu Abdala Tifu came to the Medical Center. The first encounter was already very special, but when he started calling them mom and dad after three days, the ice was broken. He then came to the consultation-hour every day, even though his toothache was long gone. He longed for the company, love and acceptance.

A few days before they left, he asked Andreas and Tanja why they loved him so much. hey said that Jesus loved him even more and that they were simply passing on the love of Jesus. That made quite an impression on him right away. He had grown up as a Muslim in a very strict family.

On the last day of their stay in Tanzania, Sharifu said to Tanja and Andreas ... “I want to have this Jesus that you have too. What do I have to do?" It was just incredible for both of them... At first they had concerns about his family, but they felt so strongly that God was calling his son Sharifu to Himself... They prayed with him the prayer of surrendering his life to Jesus Christ... It was a special moment, HALLELUJA. They also encouraged him to get to know Jesus better. He should now become his best friend. Sharifu promised to go to a Christian church in his home town of Mugumu.

When Tanja and Andreas were already back in Germany, the first call came from Sharifu... “My parents, I was in a church and the pastor prayed for me again... They also gave me a new name: ‘Christopher’ (which means Christ bearer) ... and they also wanted to baptize me right away ... So I said I would wait until my parents were back in Tanzania from Germany."

Now they had to come back. They no longer had a choice. Their son will be baptized.

Africa has made Tanja and Andreas parents.

A few weeks later, Christopher hosted the first street children in his rented room in Mugumu... and kept saying “There is still no home here for these beloved ones of God... He prays with other young people from his church... and again and again they hear the cry of God over the children and young people without mom and dad ... THIS HAS ALSO TOUCHED THE HEART OF ANDREAS AND TANJA.

They were deeply moved and kept thinking about Christopher, Mugumu and the lost children. Could it be that behind the encounter lies a call from God to Africa?

Andreas and Tanja knew: God wants to write history with Mugumu. HE can change Christopher's world and that of many African children and young people, and give them a chance for a better future. And to do this, he usually needs people like you and me.

And suddenly the call of God was there! Unmistakable!

Because there are many “Christophers” in Tanzania. God also wants to touch the other lost, needy, poor and sick and change their world into a victorious life.

The vision of WeltBeweger/ WorldChanger was born.

Back in Germany, Andreas and Tanja told some friends what they had experienced and what God had put in their hearts. At the beginning of 2016 they founded the organisation WeltBeweger in Chemnitz/Germany together.

Andreas and Tanja feel that this call from God is a life task. They are ready to go the long way with their friends and co-workers. At the same time, they are aware that it takes many people who wholeheartedly follow the calling as WorldChanger.