The following families joined them at their departure: Christian Dobler, Jakob Strobel, Christian Strobel, August Adolf, Johannes Schaal and Samuel Schaal.  Others followed in 1893, namely Johann Wahl, Martin Stahlecker and Samuel Schmidke from South Dakota, and Christian Adolf who came directly from Russia.  Six years later Christian Gramm and Andreas Weber also joined them.  In the years between 1902 and 1908 still more families followed, Karl Weiss, Johannes Knodel, Andreas Knodel, Jakob Knodel, the widow Knodel, Johann Weiss, Gottlieb Knodel, Wflhelm Adolf, and another widow, Karolone Schaal.

     Their first traveling preacher was Pastor H. D. Meyer.  In the earliest years, Pastor Meyer founded a Lutheran congregation, which is now called Immanuel Lutheran Church.  They joined the Iowa Synod and in 1892 got another preacher by the name of Pastor A. Leipp who saw to the construction of a church. They attacked the job immediately and in 1895 the congregation declared itself independent and called Pastor G. Janssen to be minitster. In 1903 they called Pastor G. Ackerman and in 1906 Pastor A. Stein.  The congregation has 17 voting members and a total membership of 287 at this time. - A. Baltzer.