While it’s holiday season in the US, students here are working their way through the last few hot days of school. We watch it all from a distance, since it’s been decades since we had school-age children. Over the past … Lees verder →

On the last Saturday of June, friends from Paramaribo came to visit us. We’ve known Bart and Marja Wassink since the ’90s. Bart is the son of missionary friends in Suriname, and Marja helped us out for a few weeks … Lees verder →

On a rainy day late June in Lawa Kawemhakan, we started working on a small vegetable garden. We dug, hauled water, and when the rain came down too hard, we moved under a shelter to continue talking about all the … Lees verder →

Last Wednesday, we returned to Suriname after spending a month in the Netherlands and Cambodia. But first, we’d like to catch you up on our visit from March 31 to April 11 to our team in Manaus, a jungle city … Lees verder →

What amazing people and places we’ve encountered over the past three weeks! The team building relationships here with Muslims from the Middle East and Asia consists of five nationalities, all from Spanish-speaking countries in the Americas. This was Marco’s third … Lees verder →

In our previous blog, we wrote about Nutrilon baby formula. To our horror, we read about a recall of Nutrilon cans in both a Dutch and a Surinamese newspaper. We went to the clinic and inspected all the cans. Unfortunately, … Lees verder →

January 30, 2026, was one of the few “drizzly” rainy days in the jungle of Suriname. On Wednesday, the 28th, we flew to Apetina with MAF. Johan had cut the grass around our house beautifully short again, but there was … Lees verder →

In just a few days, we will celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. For some, this is a beautiful story. For us, it is one of the highlights of the year, commemorated and celebrated with many believers worldwide. We wish … Lees verder →

The last weekend of September was a big celebration in Palumeu, a village deep in the interior of Suriname. They celebrated the fact that about 50 years ago, the first Bible conference for the Wayana and Tareno people was held. … Lees verder →

We landed in the Netherlands at the beginning of September. For Marco, it was only a brief stopover, because after two days he traveled on to Paraguay. There, he had two weeks of training with a team that specializes in … Lees verder →