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In Teheran is the -sadly- well known Evin jail. People in this jail don’t get this nice meal which Judith made last night. I am impressed by the story of the girls Maryam Rostampour an…

We ask You not to save every sorrow from our children, But be You their consolation when they are lonely and afraid. For Your name’s sake, keep them in Your covenant. And let them never…

“If you want to have a real sharp eye on the future, you need to know your past” A wise one-liner from someone who led the Bible study at a Women-to-Women day yesterday. She reminded…

That is not the most positive comment of the Canadians about the Dutch immigrants, but a pretty fair characteristic. We, my friend and buddy, caretaker and overall guidance Nancy Fernhout and me were invited at…

That wonderful,overwhelming and confusing feeling of being in two places. En het wisselen van de taal. Here we looked at the tiny babycows, daar reed ik tussen de wolkenkrabbers door. There in Toronto was it…

This Wednesday I travel to speak in Toronto for different groups about God at work among the Roma in Europe. And I am very much looking forward to meet with everyone who we closed in…

Not everybody is called to do it. But for me it was time to stop my part-time job and now I am back to being a full-time mother. And we as a family, are back…

I must have been around six years old and sitting next to my aunt ”tante Jannie” in the car on the Island Texel in the north of our country. Suddenly there was a dog on…