Chapter 48. Nate’s Origin

It started in 1903 during the diamond rush in Africa. Of all the mineral-rich countries there was South Africa, Botswana, and the less-known Gabore. But it would become known when the rumors of diamonds in the small rural country spread like a fire in a dry bush. The rush continued for decades as there were many of the precious stones to be mined. In 1971 Johann Schmidt, a young German of 28 with high hopes for striking it rich gathered his equally young wife, 19-year-old Anja, both blond, blue-eyed, and full of youthful exuberance, and moved to the small country of Gabore. They weren’t the only foreigners hoping to harvest the big diamonds beneath the hard water-ridden soil, there were others; the Americans, the Polish, the English, there were many there. But only a few could survive the harsh, dry, and sunny Gabore climate.

Johann was full of hope. He arrived in the country by ship and the coal train and immediately sought a place for his wife and himself. There were boardin