Religious instruction in class 10 B. "A particularly difficult class" means the teacher, "only little power of concentration, little motivation and a high noise level in the lessons". Today guests from outside will conduct the lesson. "Members of Crossroads Prison Ministry" – so they are introduced by the teacher. The issue of 'drugs' is the subject today.

At first the guests introduce themselves and explain what the 'Crossroads Prison Ministry' is all about. With a multi-media presentation the students are taken on an information journey: Pictures and film sequences from the drug scene; interviews with pot-smokers, junkies and experts; information about hashish, ecstasy and heroin. There is dismay. It isn’t hard to recognize that some students consume drugs, too.

Questions? No - no question, only silence - a rare occasion in this class. The young woman from the Crossroads-team starts to tell her personal story: grown up in a common family - wrong friends and curiosity for drugs - initial cannabis consumption up to the fiendish heroin addiction - despaired attempts to get out of it – admission into the Crossroads Ministry – fight against the relapse – prayers to Jesus and forgiveness of guilt - process of life change – today wife and mother. Unbelievable! Questions? The students can hardly be stopped: How was the experience of the drug withdrawal? Why didn’t you stick to hashish? Why couldn’t you stop alone? What is your relationship to your parents today? How it’s possible for you to talk so openly about your past today? Are your children somehow affected? Do you talk to your children about your past? What do you do to prevent that your children will take drugs later? Are you afraid to relapse? Who has helped you more: God or the people?

It rings. The double lesson is finished. The teacher thanks the guests. Many students stay behind and still look for a personal conversation. For the guests it was a "quite normal school lesson". For the students a most unusual one.