On March 1, 2021, Ridho Sunelju H. Simamora (GKPM) joins the team at the Asia Regional Office in Pematangsiantar, Indonesia, as the new officer for joint programs. Simamora served as a synod-level youth representative for his church in Mentawai from 2019 to 2021. In addition, he worked in the area of community development at his church. The young man is also not completely unfamiliar with Germany. As a VEM South-North volunteer, he spent twelve months from 2015 to 2016 in the congregation in Wuppertal-Varresbeck and the youth center in Wuppertal-Sonnborn. Welcome back to the VEM!