Gaingob, Levi * 1922, Otjikango † . Baptized: 09.09.1928. Confirmed: 11.04.1941. Mother language: Nama. Other languages: Afrikaans, Otjiherero. No School attendance recorded. Evangelist course: 1953-54. Received a basic salary of R 18 and an allowance of R 4 for wife and children. Resigned from the service in 1971.1 Self-taught farmworker who also served in the congregation Otjiwarongo. "Bergdama" Was inaugurated as a deacon - after a course at the Paulinum on 11.11.56 in the Church in Karibib - together with eight others. RMG 2.651b p. 68, Deacon was a function that was introduced by Otto Milk and intended for students who could not fulfil the academic requirements of the examination at the end of the evangelist course. By inaugurating them as deacons they were qualified to work as paid co-workers in the congregation and were spared the experience of coming back to the congregation as a drop-out from the evangelist course.2 Mentioned in list RMG 2.640b p. 004, When he came into the Otjiwarongo congregation in 1957, the position of an "Dia He worked as a deacon in the congregation of Otjiwarongo under RMS missionary Wienecke. "He preached with a great faithfulness and commitment which he had bound himself to from the moment he had been chosen by his missionary to become an evangelist."3 Wienecke äußert in seinem Jahresbericht von 1959 deutlich seine Bedenken, dass Gaingob als Diakon in Otjiwarongo angestellt ist und ein Gehalt bekommt, obwohl er eigentlich nur die Arbeit eines ehrenamtlichen Mitarbeiters verrichtet. Gaingob wurde als Evangelist eingesetzt, die Gemeinde schickt ihn 1959 erneut aufs Paulinum, damit er eine Ausbildung als Evangelist bekommt.4 Was issued with a certification of exemption from pass law in the rank as an Evangelist of the Rhenish Mission from the headquarter Otjiwarongo in November 1961.5 Mentioned in list AELCRNVIII2.11A1963-65 "Medewerkers van die Evangelies-Lutherse Kerk in SWA (Rynse Sendingkerk) Jan. 1963" as assistant evangelist employed since 1957, Mentioned in list of evangelists that were present at conference of evangelists in Okahandja August 1968,6 Married: Married to Libertine Geingos on the 20.07.1958, born 08.09.1926 in Grootfontein.7 Children: Regina //Garuses 15.08.1955 Hanna 11.11.1958 Seth 26.06.1960 Wilhelm 18.10.1962 Levi 26.06.1964 Education: Other family members connected to RMS: Auf dem Friedhof in Okahandja bei der Bethesda-Kirche ist Johannes Gaingob (geb. 13.11.1934, gest. 07.04.1972) begraben und mit einem Grabstein erinnert. Mission Stations: Congregations: Otjiwarongo 1956-02.1971 History with the RMS: 1 AELCRN Cardsystem of the co-workers, n.N. 2 Wienecke. 3 Wienecke. 4 AELCRN 26.VII 1-3:nN. 5 NAN BAC 24. 6 AELCRN "Evangeliste-Konferensies 68, 71, 73". 7 AELCRN Cardsystem of the co-workers, n.N. --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------- ------------------------------------------------------------