Dear all, Last time that Jelle travelled, we forgot to tell our youngest boy Laurens about Jelle going away for a few days. We have to say that we are getting used a bit to…
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Prayer and finances: an opportunity
Dear all, As many of you know we are supported by a group of friends and family to pray for us and who support us financially. This is an amazing adventure for which we are…
for such a time as this: pray for next week's Roma missions conference
Jelle gaat volgende week ook naar de conferentie waar collega Todd in zijn blog overschrijft. Maanden van voorbereiding zijn hier aan voorafgegaan en we zijn hier erg enthousiast over. Graag deel ik zijn blogpost van…
Utterly wrong direction.
We all know that feeling that you can be so extremly exhausted about something… anything. For example you painted the walls, you refurnished the floor, you worked for hours and hours, and all that energy…
Darda pictures
Here are some pictures from Darda church.
The laundry line
I saw a laundry line. The broken and repaired line was full of laundry, next to it was another box full of wet and clean laundry, waiting to get on the line. More laundry than someone…
"Isus, Bog sin, janje dostojno!"
“Isus, Bog sin, janje dostojno!” “Jezus, Zoon van God, Heerlijk is Uw naam!” “Jesus, Son of God, Worthy is Your Name!” Zondagmorgen 10 augustus, zijn we naar een Kroatische gemeente geweest hier in Osijek. Vorig jaar…
Visit to Budapest
On the first weekend in August we went for four days to Budapest, so that Jelle could work with Todd Price for a couple of days and so that the kids could have playtime. I…
being at home
“Make yourself at home!” said the warden in the cathedral of Osijek to me. We are right in the middle of our Summer-mission-trip and one day I just needed some time to be alone and…
A prayer for our leaders.
Just a few weeks ago, on June the sixth, we could see a gathering of worldleaders on the beach in France. Obama, our own king Willem Alexander, the elderly queen of England, Angela Merkel from…
Letting go….
What do gardening, raising kids and baking bread have in common? This question came into my mind, when I realized that they all fill a daily part of my life. I love it all very…
Dear friends!
Dear all, dear friends here in the Netherlands, my friends who came over for my birthday today, my friends who wished me a happy birthday in different other ways, and all my other friends who…