Luther and MacDonalds. That was new to me. But that is what we saw in Debrecen. The heart of the Reformed Hungarian Church, are even the fries from Mac Donalds reformed here? I think that…
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From behind the scenes…
This is what we celebrated last week in Hungary: He: 40 years, plus one year, one week and one day. Me: 40 years, minus one year, one week and one day. He: Non celibate monk,…
Learning along the way
Jelle has three meetings in three different countries and we decided to join him to provide him with food, love and some distraction. We dropped Jelle of in Pecs, 70 km. north of Osijek, in…
Tears, turbulence and thankfulness
Kako ste? (How are you?) Dobro! (Good) Now, little conversations as this are nice, but apparently not the whole story. So, may I give the real answer to this question? You might see all nice…
Do you know what I saw?
Here are some blog’s and an article I recently read and really enjoyed: Melody writes: Blessing is a primary theme in mission—but it is not about the stronger blessing the weaker. It is about experiencing…
Art of all kinds
The mother of Skeeter in “the Help” says at the end of the film: Sometimes courage skips a generation. I think this happened here with us, when we talk about art, because my granddad has…
Fotoblog januari 2016
Anneke, Hartelijk dank! Er is geschilderd, les gegeven, binnen en buiten, toetsen afgenomen, gepraat tot in de kleine uurtjes, boeken gelezen, genoten van de sneeuw en later van de zon. We hebben echt een steuntje…
Unwritten Rules
You are a sexy woman! shouted a little boy from the back in our car, while I was driving the car to the place where he lives, somewhere in the middle of nowhere. I drove…
In the swing of life, 3 x 3 + 1 = 10
In the swing of life here: regular lessons, even tests and a lot of art these weeks. Language lessons from a young woman here from town, music lessons from a Romanian family, absorbing two other…
Another chance
Happy new year, Sredan nova godina, Gelukkig Nieuwjaar! A new year fills me always with that feeling of -another chance- As if we get another option. A choice -may it be- with God in the…
Awe and wonder
During the last hours before Christmas, the city Pecs in the South of Hungary was bubbling. We found a church, and were drawn to the silence. An older woman didn’t seem to give any attention…
A challenge: refugees in Europe (2)
We often get the question “what is the news about the refugee situation?” As far as Croatia is concerned, nowadays “only” 1500-2000 refugees are coming through the country -each single day- not 7000 or…