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…
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"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…
Run the race with perseverance.
It must have been in the early eighties when I was a little girl of around six years old. And here I was sitting next to my dad and my sister on the front row…
family extension
The year 2013 has been quite a good year for our family. Next to the four chicken, the rooster, the two rabbits and the cat, we can also introduce you to “Garfield” Not as lively…
twelve and a half years
It is this week 12,5 years ago that we said Yes officially and got married. It was a couple of weeks before our wedding day that I was sitting at my desk, in my bedroom…
Free apple picking.
Our local government has 500 fruit trees just for local people to enjoy. That is good news for a woman like me. Last week I went with Laurens and got two big bags. After half…
A day's visit to Budapest.
(Although this happened a while ago now, I still want to share those two latest blogs.) The tiles in the underground in the old heart of Budapest are beautiful and authentic. It is not hard…