In a few weeks a lot can happen. We asked MAF to bring two elder couples from Lawa to Apetina. In the beginning of August they arrived and started to work right away. Every day a devotional at church and … Lees verder →

The atmosphere in the village has really improved. After our first meeting with the elders we had several follow-up meetings every Monday afternoon. At each meeting we concluded we had another subject important enough to have a meeting next week. … Lees verder →

This is what we said June 30’. The Airvan of MAF was loaded! They took out some seats so we could load an extra 40 kilo’s. We had to leave two boxes with soap bars behind. They’re waiting for an … Lees verder →

Since November 21’ we are in Apetina. We had some busy weeks with a WaJanaTrio (WJT) Conference in the weekend of December 6’ and 7’ and a busy market of second hand cloths last week. The WJT Conference was the … Lees verder →

The past weeks in Apetina were filled with Wayana. Our Wayana is slowly improving, but we feel that the more we learn, the more we discover that we know so little yet. We can keep a conversation going for a … Lees verder →

Monday morning we heard some men cutting the high grass next to our house. A good opportunity to practice our little Wajana. After a few sentences the subject changed to ‘working the gardens’. That season is coming up, so there … Lees verder →

Since our last update we returned to Lawa for a number of weeks. We spent the Easter conference in Apetina flying out from Lawa with 20 people from the Church. It was exiting to meet the people of Apetina again … Lees verder →

Since november last year we live in Apetina our second ‘home’ during the coming years along the Tapanahony river. The first weeks we have been busy cleaning the mission house from a large number of bats that regarded the house … Lees verder →