For all my dear friends in England, Denmark, France, Hungary and Germany. There is something about your country on this you tube channel for you. And even if you don’t come from these countries, you…
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J. the very worst missionary
One evening I said to Jelle, just before we went to bed: “Hey Jelle, we are moving on the 27th of October.” “Oh,” Jelle replied, “Can I come with you?” “Yeah, of course, sorry that…
They Just Keep Coming—Inside Refugee Camp Opatovac
Unbelievable that our colleagues and friends are in the midst of it. And unbelievable that we are heading there in just four weeks!
Life is a messy business
Thousands of refugees are crossing the border at the other side of our Europe. The place where we are heading: The Croatian, Serbian border. It is all over the news. The Dutch news, the BBC.…
"Light is wrestling with darkness"
This morning at 6.30 Laurens our little four years old now, came laying next to me and said: “”Light is wrestling with darkness.”” He said it in Dutch of course, so he said acctually: Het…
A challenge: refugees in Europe
The refugees in the park in front of the train station in Budapest, where asking for something to sleep on, the concrete is so hard, and also some medicine, the scabies are so itchy, and…
Longing for home
Snapshot 1 The evening fell in the Roma village when we were about to close the final Bible club evening. We got a few bags of apples out of the car and shared them with…
On the road.
10 nights:12 till 22 August 6 countries: Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czeck Republic, Germany, Netherlands 5 places to sleep: Croatia, Budapest, Czeck Republic, Germany, and hopefully in our very own bed later this week in the…
It is good to know some history
On the morning of the fifth of August, a few days ago Jelle said: It is not busy in the street. Where is everybody? We live in a city, so we expect at least some…
Beauty in authenticity
I really LOVE being on the road, downsize our belongings and everything you find important in a few bags and GO! Unpack in a tiny clean, basic apartment and start playing doll house again.. now…
Een confrontatie met angst
Meest van tijd vertrouw ik er op dat we op de goede weg zijn: Verhuizen naar Osijek om het team te ondersteunen dat met jonge Roma kerken werken. Dat is in het kort de hoofdreden…
…and also some of the women…
The woman who blogged this post, was sitting around our kitchen table this afternoon, here in Croatia. I just thought that it was lovely to share this, because she is talking about women, Roma women,…