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In Switzerland while I visited my brother I saw the very first guitar I owned. I got this Ibanez when I was 15 years old. 23 years ago. I bought this particular one because I looked up to a leader who had also a black guitar. I wanted to play like him. Therefore I had…
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We are back in Chiang Mai. It’s our first full day here. I went shopping for groceries. There was nothing in the house. But not before noon. This is about how long I slept. The flight was okay. We flew from Zurich to Singapore. The first hours the entertainment system didn’t work on our side.…
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It rains here in Switzerland today. It’s cold and wet and my desire to go back to Chiang Mai is growing. Then on the other hand our area is flooding like last year and the sandbags are deployed along the river. Flood warnings are issued. There is rain in Chiang Mai every day and for…
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I found this some time back…. There are many reasons why we may think that God shouldn’t have called us. But don’t worry. We’re in good company. Moses stuttered.David’s armor didn’t fit.John Mark was rejected by Paul.Timothy had ulcers.Hosea’s wife was a prostitute.Amos’ only training was in the school of fig-tree pruning.Jacob was a liar.David…
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Today is the national day of Switzerland. This year we are here in the country. Enjoying barbeques and fire works. Fires will burn on the mountains like in "Lord of the rings" I guess many will wear their swiss t-shirts; alphorns and yodeling will sound through the country side. We remember the Grütli Pact of…
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A tree we never see in Thailand is the oak tree. I found these acorns on the ground and told my kids: "I’m ready for the Ice Age."
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We have spent the last 25 days in Switzerland. We came home this morning one o’clock from Liestal in Basel where we had a great time with a mix of new won friends, people we know from way back and people who were in the mountains with short term teams. It was such a blessing.…
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"Have I shrunk in the kids play room?" No we made the trip to the Legoland in Germany near Ulm. We were visiting friends in Stuttgart the day before. As a child it was my dream to go to Legoland. It took twenty years to finally see this dream fulfilled. Even better I could fulfill…
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It is strange to be here and at the same time wonderful. We left Switzerland for SEasia over seven years ago. Since then we came for visits every two years. Switzerland hasn’t changed much compared to Thailand which is in a constant change typical for a developing nation. Switzerland seems to stand still. At least…
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While in Switzerland I’m confronted with all the different plants here. I just can’t remember all the names anymore. I used to know them all by their Latin and German names. The fauna in Thailand is so different from here.One of the plants I miss most in Thailand is lavender or "lavendula angustifolia". Most gardens…