Hello to all my Danube Swabian 'Cousins', While all our eyes are glued to the television watching the sad, sad news in Haiti, let us also think back on our own history, and here is the account of the first Lutheran Pastor in Banat: Pastor Johann Karl Reichard (1700-1743). Included are also the 18 families, who left with pastor Reichard in 1724 Gross Rohrheim in Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt and headed for Banat. Please see www.hrastovac.net via the Bulletin Board: Pastor Johann Karl Reichard. Rosina Vancouver Island