A day to late, but we are still active. It has been a week in which we have been everywhere imaginable. We had the opportunity to enjoy a couple of days in Belgium. Surprising a friend with an unannounced visit, cosy time at Rein his parents and a day with my little sister. initially we came to Belgium to get our legal papers/documents up to speed. My wallet was lost in Denmark and all my documents as well. Report at the police station and apply for new documents at the city hall. Also my travel passport had to be renewed, as I’ll leave at the end of May to the Philippines! It was yet again an expensive thing to do, passports and the other documents were not cheap. Now all we have to do is to wait for 3 weeks untill everything has arrived. As we were leaving Wednesday we couldn’t wait around and when they asked us how we would get back to Denmark I said: The same way we came, without papers. Luckey for us my parents are visiting us in 6 weeks, and I’ll be legal again in Denmark. With a lot of chocolate and some other Belgian products we returned to our little home at IABC, Denmark.
In the second part of the vacation my mom and my aunt came to visit, which was really cosy :D. And as they came by car, we finally could do some sight-seeing at the more touristic places Denmark. We “climbed” the Himmelbjerget. With it’s highest point 147 meters, it is one of the highest points in Denmark. Afterwards, we enjoyed the sun and some good ice-cream. As the sun is getting brighter we have to enjoy the opportunity to get ice-cream as well. The next day we visited the arch of Noah, a replica which was half the size of what it was when Noah really built it. What I enjoyed the most was the stories of the bible and how they were displayed in the boat. Through the boat you could really see how God had ment everything. Starting with Adam and Eve and the separation that was brought by sin; all the way to the bottom of the boat where was displayed how Jesus died and rose again for us. This opened the way again and can we get to God our Father. Being this close to Easter it was a good match for us. The grave has been opened, Jesus has risen. What a power within! Our mistakes are forgiven and forgotten, completely erased. God won’t remind us on all the bad things we have done, but shows us where we can go to. A life with hope and future (Jeremiah 29:11).
Now that they have left we are back in our room. It is always a sad thing to see people return home, but we are ready for our next adventure. The last three months have now officially started. Seven weeks of teaching, three weeks of mission and then two more weeks of teaching, after that it is already summer vacation. Of course we cannot jump ahead of ourselves, we still have to teach, prepare SEEK and will have other challenges ahead. We are back on track and are going with full power! We will meet again…
Veel sterkte maar weer allebei, God is jullie Leidsman en Gids in alles wat jullie ondernemen. We blijven in gedachte en natuurlijk met onze gebeden jullie volgen.
Liefs mama
Pasen is ondertussen voorbij. Zo ook jullie reis naar België. Tijd gaat snel en dan mogen we uitkijken naar onze (mama en ik) reis naar jullie toe (dat is het voordeel als het snel gaat). Het derde trimester is gestart … de laatste(?) met weer de nodige uitdagingen.
3 naar de Filipijnen en … 3 weken ver van elkaar. Niet altijd samen in een zelfgemaakte tent. Wel iedere dag op stap met God, die jullie overspoelt met liefde, bescherming, uitdagingen, bewogenheid en veel meer. Geniet van de mensen om je heen en lekker ijs 😉
Groetjes en hug,
papa B.