The tiny church that we attended this Sunday is twelve years old. There are no “underground” situations here, and yet it still fits the images we have from that time during Communism. Being here in…
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Bor, day 2: Dreamjob
“You look like a real Bible smuggler, Jelle!” Nina said when he unpacked the books out of all corners of the car. He had spread them everywhere: under the chairs and in between our food…
Bor, day 1: Safely arrived
4 people, 1 car, 1 border, 480 km, 7 hours in the car, 62 Bibles Safely arrived! We saw the landscape changing; just after the white city of Belgrade, it is turning into more…
Laura’s story
“Can I join you?” Jenn asked as she dropped by at our little table in the corridor. “Of course!” I replied, wiping off the tears from my cheeks. “But, give me just one minute. I…
A Dazzling Day
We are halfway through a journey across Europe and planning to attend the International Teams Conference in Swabish Gmund. We picked up Judith at her camp in Severin na Kupi, stayed a few days at…
A house burned down and a newborn
Roma life can be very tough. This is what Andrijana, the daughter of our Roma pastor, wrote three weeks ago: “Yesterday, my mom’s sister in Serbia lost her house in a fire. She has five…
Thanks to the Teacher(s)
We have a rather unusual schooling situation here. The education for our children has created the hardest bump on the road to making the decision to move to Osijek. But, as we look back on…
After 16 years of marriage
16 years of marriage asks for a little bit of reflection. Here is something I read online: “Some of the sweetest connections I have ever seen have been extreme innies and extreme outies. They’re perfect…
Not starving
“We do not have money, but we do have food”— is what our neighbor said. And, during the season, plenty of it. Our neighbor invited us over to see her parents’ land in Orahovica. It…
Late Spring Discoveries/ photo's
One day, your girls run off to the edge of town and a little while later you discover that this is what they came up with: Somewhere in the meantime, this is going on…
Blooming trees.
In the month of Lipanj, which means blooming linden, the flowering trees add a delicious aroma to the city. And flowering trees are also now in the churchyard in Darda. The children from Randwijk have…
Femke´s quilt
Femke started her holiday with making a quilt. -Detail- Theetantes /Friends having a teapartyLittle bear holding a watermelon. Femke holding her quilt. Well-done!