Sunday must be the day for English programs on dutch television. Usually we're lucky to get one program in English with dutch subtitles, but today there were only two on the eleven channels we get. I also came across the most random programs while flipping through the channels. One channel was a program about boy and girl scouts with such thick Irish accents, that I had to rely on the dutch subtitles to understand what they were saying. Another showed a woman i...

I am ready for Christmas again. Lately I have become very aware of the fact that I 'missed' Christmas and that I now need to wait 11 more months before the excitement comes again. This all stemmed from listening to the Straight No Chasers Christmas album. But it's a new year, and for most people that sometimes means turning a new page over, creating resolutions, and making life changes. Yet for me, the new year indicates that I am half way there, half way to g...

"But how do you go on with life?!?!" This week I was able to witness the ground breaking for the new church that is being built here at Mennorode. At about 1:15 on Thursday the huishouding dames received a phone call saying we were all invited to the ground breaking that started in 15 minutes. Apparently they forgot, or didn't, invite people and so they suddenly were scrambling for attendees. To humor them we went. And by went, I basically mean that we...

VAMPIRE WEEKEND Since my computer is still broken, I can't upload any pictures onto this site so I apologize for that.Tuesday was my dishwashing shift, but after working for only an hour I was told that I wasn't needed anymore and could have the rest of the day off. How great. In the afternoon Zach and I received a ride to Amsterdam with the director of Mennorode, Mr. Geert Eigenbrood. He's the big shot here, whenever my co-workers see him coming they tell me to...

A little bit of this, a little bit of that The world is a rather funny place. Since I have more than enough time to contemplate every aspect of life, I have come to this conclusion. Although I do not have much to report, here are a few things that I have come across or things that have happened to me in the past few days.. -I GOT MY FIRST CHRISTMAS PRESENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Unfortunately it came when I was suffering from stomach s...