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and Mind, that they were Prisoners here in Petersburg; my
Husband was also convincedof it, and we encouraged each other
often to be resigned to our Fate, and happy and chearful in the Near
ness of our <unclear>dr</unclear>. Lord, and to have all our Troubles sweetened by
the Converse with Him. Leave was indeed given us to visit the
Brethren in the Day Time as often as we pleased; but there were
always People who made it very difficult, you often impossible
for us, and thus we got one Fright after another. And besides this
our Savior took in 1755 Sir Helterhof to himself, and thus I was quite 
alone in the House with my Child. Not understanding the russian
Language, and being obliged to leave my Child alone in the House,
when I had to go out, and being in continual Danger of a Sur
prize by Robbers; the Brethren and Sirs in Petersburg advised me
to make Application to the Congregation for somebody to assist me, and
I got Brother Grumberg who took a most faithful Care of me and my
Child. I had also taken a russian Girl out of Compassion , who got
a Love for our Savior, and when I went out |:for I had to carry to
the Brethren all their Necessaries:| she entertained my Child with Singing
Verses. Once in Winter 1757 when going over the River Neva, the 
Ice broke under me, and the Stream carried me a Piece along,
so that I must have been drowned, if the Eye and Watchman of
Israel had not so faithfully preserved me, But I became very
sickly afterwards. In this Distress I prayed fervently to our
Savior, to grant me the Satisfaction, to nurse the three Prisoners

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as long as they stood in Need of Care and Nursing in this Vale
of Tears and Trouble, though it should even be done in ever so
great Weakness. And this He has done graciously and helped me
so, that through it seemed sometimes as if the <unclear>Tabernacle</unclear> would
break, the Brethren suffered however [not finished]