Our second lock-down here in the Netherlands was disrupted by a wonderful surprise. First of all, due to the melting snow upriver in Germany and Switzerland, the rivers rose 14 meters above sea level.…
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You are warmly invited for an Online Retreat!
You’re warmly invited to join us for an on-line small Retreat. During covid, o, we all like it and decided to have a monthly retreat. Small, because we are just with a handful of people…
Looking back and looking ahead at the end of 2020
It has become a habit: At the end of the year, I write a summary blog in case you would like to read a bit more one of these days, I’ll give you a review…
A trip to the world of Corrie Ten Boom
Since we are not able to travel these weeks, I’ll take you along a trip to the world of Corrie ten Boom. In 1844 the grandfather of Corrie started a prayer group in the…
How was the on-line bookpresentation?
We have met so many lovely people over the years, and last Friday, twenty of them were visible on one single screen! We were honestly overwhelmed to see such clear evidence of how God has…
Photos Book; The World Around My Table
Welcome! Below you see some pictures by the chapters. I do hope that the stories speak even more to you, now you’ve seen this. Yes, it worked! You scanned the QR code or typed…
Dutch art (photoblog)
It is an art in itself to let beauty speak in as few words as possible. Here is an impression of a mother and daughter’s day. It was about time: Femke (15) paid a visit…
How to start a journal
Charles gave our girls their first journals. It was years ago now. He was not easily satisfied. I was in Toronto for a long weekend, and he wanted to give them as a gift to…
The story of the old wall decorator
At the beginning of 2019, I bought an old wall decorator at the Antique market in Osijek. That Market! We wouldn’t miss out. Every first Saturday of the month, the square at the heart of…
For you: Just 1 unbelievably delicious pizza recipe
During this pandemic we have to stay home a bit more than usual. It can be a reason to do some intensive home baking. It took us a few hours from start to finish to…
Ten Bullet Points about how to do homeschooling and loving it (plus film clip from my kitchen)
“Hello!” from my kitchen to yours. What I am saying in this little clip is: Hello! Many asked us, how did you do that: Homeschooling? Now. It was hard! I threw a book through the…
The little lamb at sunrise: Christ is risen indeed!
For this is the Passover feast. When Christ, the true Lamb of God, is slain whose blood consecrates the homes of all the faith full. Glory to you forever. Easter morning, April, 2020 The field…