I am hoping that my English is still intact after three months of improving our Dutch as intensely as possible. So, any spelling mistakes, please write it off to that. We have finished our first three months in a new country, incredible. This is often the hardest part, I hope. It has physically not been hard, after long days of no power and heat, this is easy; but emotionally there are a lot of switches to flick.
Carl has been enjoying his work, working hard. He comes back at night, very tired. Myself and the children have been living up the home life. With corona getting worse as the winter creeps in, we are very limited to where we can go and who we can meet. So, we'll take you through the last few months with some pictures. Most of our normal people pictures have been replaced by tree pictures, beautifully changing from deep green to sticky fingers reaching to the sky.
We were just in time to see the last of the hearth- plants the grow in poor grounds. God makes it possible to grow even when the spiritual food we receive is scarce, His Spirit lives in us. Rom 8:5-6
The tenacity of trees is a good example to us- keep drawing close to God. James 4:8
When we draw near to Him, He invites us to come spend time with Him in the secret place. Mark 6:31
from this place and time comes our strength and our Hope for the future. Pro 23:18
Praise God (I am 5)!
He is our Good Shepherd. John 10:10
And our Father (Rom 8)
and our guide (Ps 48:14)
and our Joy (Neh 8:10)
and Light (John 1:1-14)
the Way, the Truth and the Life (John 14:6)
Therefore, walk in my way. Micah 6:8
We have also tried to enjoy some of the more dutch traditions:
Out and about on the farm- where we are blessed to live.
on the bicycles
on our feet
even on our backs;)
and when we are naughty, even on our bottoms.
Only kidding. This was from a special trip the kids and I made to an exposition on the freeing of the Netherlands at the end of the Second World War.
All made with sand, was great to see.
If you are scared, after all those pictures, that these children are running ragged, not schooling. Don't worry. They are currently working very hard on their dutch, and will hopefully next week start with their next year of home schooling. This will probably be our last before they will start to go to school after the summer. End of an era. (Isabel will go sooner, soon as the paperwork is finally done).
