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The week is coming to an end. It is Saturday morning 8 o’clock and a comfortable 23 Degrees. When I woke up all my "chores" went through my mind. Working in the garden (planting and cutting) removing the sand bags from last years floods changing the electrical plug from the water pump Painting and adjusting…
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I got this video clip from the livenavigator. It’s an add from the berltiz language institute, encouraging germans to improve their english. Really funny.
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Yesterday I visited the Wednesday market in Fang. It is the day when many hill tribe people come from the mountains to do their shopping. Over the years I have seen many different food items on markets. Here are some that might make you hungry or take your appetite. The Thais shopping there told me…
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I’m reading Philip Yancey’s book "The Jesus I never knew" . It brings up a lot of feelings of appreciation for Jesus, or should I say love for the King I follow. I am pulled into His presence and intrigued by the way He lived life on earth. My mind is going through the chapters…
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Yesterday I had a shower in the middle of the day. Just to cool down. It felt so good. As I was standing in the shower I realized that hot season is approaching. The time when everything takes extra effort. Especially mental activities. Today is 33 degrees. Next week 36 is predicted. With April being…
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Here some strange things Christians told me over the years about missions or missionaries. Some hurt, some are just funny. Other have some truth within them. 1. If you go on the mission field you will miss the coming revival in SwitzerlandAfter being oversees for seven years, they are still waiting. Perhaps I will be…
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This morning I’m going to teach English. Something I did for the last five years. The places are changing. I taught at different schools, different ages. At the moment I teach at the tourist police. It is just a couple of hours a week and i do it on a voluntary basis (meaning for free).All…
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On Monday I went up to the mountains again after my break. (I was in bed with severe food poisoning) I took me quite a while to get my strength back. The first time I went to the Gym, it felt like I haven’t done any sports for a decade. But now I feel well…
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"Soon we will have to face the choice between what is right and what is easy" (Dumbeldore)
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I just red a book called "The Emotionally Healthy Church" by Peter Scazzero. It is yet another book with solutions (six principles) to a healthy church written by a former (or still?) driven person, who has a "conversion" after his wife wanted to leave him. There is a lot of good stuff in the book.…