Auto

Gertjan is vorige week druk bezig geweest met Glenda d'r auto. Een nieuwe uitlaat en nieuwe remschijven en schoenen. Dit gebeurde in de hangaar naast het MAF toestel dat nu toch echt bijna klaar is.

Herfst

Het is nu volop herfst. De bomen staan er prachtig bij. en de kinderen genieten van het spelen met de bladeren.

Airshow

Airshow in Coshocton. Marielle in her stroller looking on to this huge US Airforce Plane... how on earth... she is in the middle of this.. while Johan is having some fun!

Birthdays

On Sept. 25th Gertjan and I went out for a dinner to celebrate his 36th birthday. It was nice to be away for just the two of us. Thanks to Donna Bupp for taking care of our kids that night. On our way home Amy and David Mozombite together with Paul Jones ( MMS fellows) surprised Gertjan with a birthday cake. The next day, we were invited for a supper by the Crouso's ,together with other MMS'ers family. Cindy Ketcham made a chocolate cheese cake for Gertjan as a suprise. We had fun.

On the 27th Sept. Johan celebrated his 5th birthday with some friends and wow he has a lot presents that Gertjan and I could play too.... fun ... fun.

We praised God that being a follower of Him is not that boring.. isn't it?

May the Lord will continue to bless these two people He created.

Orkaan Ike door Ohio

Afgelopen Zondag middag was het opeens storm. Zeer harde wind met windstoten tussen de 100 en 140 km/uur. Dat was het resultaat van orkaan Ike die in Texas had huisgehouden. Het was raar om zulke wind te hebben zonder regen en heel milde temperatuur.



Er was behoorlijk wat schade in Ohio en hier in de omgeving. Bomen omver en ook het lokale bezinestation. 1,9 miljoen huishoudens zonder electriciteit. Gelukking ons huis niet. Wij hadden alleen geen telefoon tot maandag middag.

Op maandag morgen kwamen er maar een paar op het werk opdagen. De anderen zaten zonder electriciteit of moesten de schade repareren of bomen/ takken opruimen. Met een groepje gingen we de collega's langs om takken te zagen en op te ruimen.

Ondanks dat er ook op het werk geen electriciteit was hebben we met een paar collega's dinsdag toch gewerkt en voor de caffeine verslaafden hadden we met een inverter en de accu van de bus het coffiezet apparaat aan het werken gekregen.

"Labor Day"

Today is Labor Day in America. Therefore, it is a holiday. It is a beautiful day too to be out to have some fun with family and friends.

While Ohio is experiencing the warm and beautiful weather New Orleans is in the “Eye of the Hurricane”. Louisiana state is even affected with the hurricane. It is a category 3 hurricane. Thought would be good to pray for them in the midst of this storm.

"Baton"

Have you seen the Olympic Games in Beijing in the television? I did! That was fun.

We all know that a baton has to be passed from one player to another, like a relay. The new Pastor in the church of the Nazarene refers in his preaching the " baton" as the Spirit of God to pass on to Elisha when Elijah was taken up in a chariot of fire. When Elisha asked Elijah the double portion of his Spirit. We thought that was a good message. I will not write the whole preaching though but he used the 2 Kings 2:1-15 as Text in his first preaching titled, "Transition".