with his wife, came to help them. They took with them Reijonen, who was more seriously ill, and left Rautanen in Ongandjera. When he had recovered sufficiently, he left the mission station in the care of Reijonen and Karl August Weikkolin and went to Hereroland, where he married Frieda Kleinschmid, before going to Walvis Bay, where he convalesced from his illness.

While Rautanen was gone, Reijonen and Weikkolin had a