24 mei 2018
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After a very successful World Team LEAD conference we returned to Suriname on April 29th. We thought we had Monday for shopping, Tuesday a national holiday and Wednesday, May second would fly back to Apetina. That was our plan, but … Lees verder
15 maart 2017
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A team from our home church in the Netherlands arrived last Friday evening to work for 2 weeks on the house of Ilse van Dijk. Her house needs a home makeover. The week before we started with a local team … Lees verder
20 november 2016
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Looking back on the past four weeks, we can’t find the words to fully describe our experiences. We praise God that we were able to see what He has been doing in the last few years. Our ‘daughter’ Diana, her … Lees verder
24 oktober 2016
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Although we feel at home almost everywhere, it is special to go back to the Wajana villages. Tuesday we fly out to Apetina after we landed last Thursday in Paramaribo. We visited family, friends, sponsors and churches. It was a … Lees verder
31 januari 2016
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Our last message is from a few weeks ago. A lot took place since then.We enjoyed Christmas with a busy weekend after that. With more than 450 people we celebrated the birth of the Lord Jesus in the village. We … Lees verder
19 december 2015
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After a pleasant flight we landed in Suriname December first. We enjoyed our time of two months furlough in the Netherlands and we’re looking forward getting back to the villages in the jungle again. We stayed two weeks in Paramaribo, … Lees verder
17 januari 2015
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On Wednesday, January 7th, two grandmothers in Apetina were praying for recovery of health of their grandsons. One granny flew that day with MAF to Paramaribo connecting the next day to her KLM flight to the Netherlands in order to … Lees verder
16 februari 2014
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When flying back to Suriname January 24’ we had no idea how our agenda would change during the following weeks. We expected to visit the office of the ministry of Justice to apply for our stay papers as soon as … Lees verder
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At the moment the year 2014 feels really new. We look back on a wonderful wrapping up of the end of 2013. 
Mayor event was having our son, Andre, over with his wife Wimke and our grandchildren Carina (6), Yannick (4) and Maurits (2).
They visited us in Kawemhakan the week before Christmas. We enjoyed their visit very much. The children played with the children in the village. 
Every day bathing in the river was an event they enjoyed very much. We were able to have a short trip on the river twice. Quite exiting to find out how the grandchildren would cope sitting for more than an hour and a half in a small canoe that runs over the surface of the river with quite some speed. 
Carina en Yannick knew how to fill in the time chatting with granddad and grandma all the time. 
Andre was happy to fish and cook out in the open in a fire hole with some banana leaves. 
Wimke tried to catch some fish the Wajana way. What seemed so easy watching the Wajana’s catch the fish turned out to be quite a hassle, but she didn’t quit. In the end she succeeded helping Yannick catching a nice fish. The people of Kawemhakan have been encouraged by their visit. Their interest in the people and their culture was appreciated.
On December 24th we celebrated Andre’s birthday the old fashioned way, with a real barbecue. Christmas was a real family gathering with Elsbeth and Rafi and their kids. What a beautiful time together. 
Last week we were busy preparing al kind of formalities for our permit for the coming two years. The next few weeks we will visit the USA attending the World Team Conference in Orlando. We look forward getting acquainted to a lot of World Teamers attending this conference and learning from each other what God is doing in our midst. We will meet with Roy and Margaret Lytle and many missionaries who served and lived in Suriname during the past decades.
Last year we made some videos on different topics. You can visit our Video page under LINKS to watch them all.
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16 november 2013
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Last week we returned to Lawa, after a six weeks furlough in the Netherlands. This feels back home again after a beautiful and busy period visiting churches, family and friends. (picture shows Andre, Jiska and Elisabeth all three together in … Lees verder