Photo shoot

Last Saturday we had an incredible time by a lady from the church (Els from the PGM) We went to her house for a special photo shoot of the van den Bergh Family. The weather was not the best but we surely had an awesome time... Thank you Els!

My Family from WiddlyTinks.com
Soon you will be able to see some of them in our next newsletter
May you all have a great week
God bless,

Working for Kaars Koffie

Working on a little project now where we want to give away 1500 'stroopwafels' in the city-center of Gouda - with a little card saying something along the lines: And now some good coffee.... come and get a free cup of espresso by 'de Waag'.
Fun to do some different projecst at the same time :)
http://www.shop.kaarskoffie.nl/

Tanie's Grand Aunty and Uncle came to visit

Past weekend we had some very special visitors. Tatiana's grand aunty and uncle came together with mama rosalie! It was great.

Enjoy the pictures of our coaching session: How to eat raw Haring... Part 4

I love aunty's face once she gets the taste of it...

Going to Uganda in 2 weeks!

Wanna hear a cool story, listen to this!

In November I wanted to go to Uganda BAD. I wanted to help with 1moreChild and the new upcoming changes. BUT i just got a ticket for Januari, so my funds were LOW... very low.
As I prepared my flight for Januari, I remembered an old friend of mine, Margriet Hooiveld. She works as a steward for KLM, and flies to Uganda reguarly. I called her, and we chatted a bit about our projects in Uganda. THAN SHE SAID: "Ferdi, if you want, you could come with me in November of December! A few times a year I am allowed to take a personal passenger with me, and this year I still have one ticket left. You pay about 200 euro - WHAT YOU WANT TO DO?"
Uhh - DUHHH! I want to go! AND NOW I'M GOING! November 13th! So very exciting.
Funny thing about Margriet is, that I've never met her at her house :) Only in New York City, Uganda and at a national television station! And now 'at her job', 3000 miles up in the air!
This little trip give me some change to do something fun for the kids of 1moreChild.

Last year we did our encouragment day. that seems a bit too much for this trip, but I do want to invest in some encouragement gifts... Gonna have to think about that...

During last years encouragement day, we gave all our orphans a school bag with supplies.

Bunnies at the farm!

Went to the childrens-farm the other day... Fun Fun Fun!

'Lenster in Action' or 'My big brother at work'

This past week I went to see my brother on a seminar he's teaching at.
It's a dutch on-line community of a web-buisness-book - cutting edge in it's approach. Too bad you can't ever find out if you're not dutch (Meindert - you don't have to translate this
sentence).

Anyway - it was nice to see my big brother at work. As always he seems to be able to state his case in a 'light' but 'definite' way. 10 points.

Nice detail, the seminar was given at the training facilities of the Dutch Soccer team

. Nice to get a glimpse of that in the process.

Change seems great, but it often is a battle!

Tatiana and I are very excited about a church in North Carolina, Elevation Church. It's great! Their Pastor, Steven Furtick, wrote this piece on his blog. It's great.

1. Complacency
Change is hard. Positive change is just as hard as negative change. Sometimes it’s easier to stay stuck than to move forward. Often it’s more comfortable to stick with something that’s tolerable and familiar than to embrace something that’s preferable and unknown.

2. Regret
I really don’t know how to explain this, except to say that my regrets often overpower my ambitions, causing me to remain in a state of paralysis.

3. Distraction
It’s hard to tell how many major adjustments I’ve avoided making because I was busy tending to insignificant side items. It’s tempting to divert attention from the big thing that God wants me to change by slam dunking something that ultimately doesn’t matter at all.

I don’t want to stay stuck. I don’t want the storyline of my faith to be eclipsed by a shift I was unwilling to make.

If you’re feeling stuck, as I so often do, here’s a prayer to pray…if you dare:

God, help me move forward at the speed of your direction and intention,
no matter how painful the transition may be.

www.elevationchurch.org

steve harvey

I was surfing on the blog of one of our friends and came across this video...
Take a look



To HIM be ALL the Glory!!!

Common Out!