In 1905, the year Saskatchewan became a province, ethnic Germans from Russia began arriving on the vast prairies of west central Saskatchewan. The outlook in Russia was bleak; they were in search of a new land of promising opportunity. Little did they realize the enormous challenges they would face; loneliness, bitterly cold winters, and hot summers with drought, prairies fires and pests. However, these pioneers were determined and resourceful people of deep faith and an acceptance of God’s will. They carved sod houses from the prairie with single furrow ploughs drawn by oxen and then set about breaking the land. This is their story.