That evening he wrote43 postcards and noted in his diary: “The newspaper grim again today. Readings: ‘The one who believes does not flee’ (Isa. 28.16). I’m thinking of work at home.” Later, this Losung text was said to have been the key to his decision, the one that spoke the most loudly of them all: “The one who believes does not flee.” To stay now was to flee. And to flee from America was to believe, to trust in the Lord.
