Gerlind Krause is a German freelance author, translator and pastor's wife, who came to live and work in the German Church in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with her husband from 2000 to 2006. She fell in love with the country's old Christian culture and its contemporary Christians, its patient people and suffering poor. She was captivated by the surprising explosion of art and music deriving from Ethiopia’s ancient roots, along with its deep reflections and visions for the society's remedy in the future.