the big 10

so, our huge big10 conference is over...10 years of icf, my church. I was shocked, when I realized, that I am already for 7 years part of it...that means, it is already 8 years ago, when I became a christian...wow, time seems to fly.....
the conference was cool and awesome, especially standing on this car parking, telling the people that they are not allowed to park here in front of the cinema, if someone would ever show up to commit this crime...no one never ever showed up. but I had to work much less than I was scheduled, so I really got to see something of the conference which was cool. especially the worship night with delirous, magda, magda, where were you?

my back is still in pain, which is getting really annoying...so guys, if you are bored, you can always pray for my back :-)

international fun

there was this training school for pastors (how to lead leaders) and they asked me to be in charge of the catering (having enough coffee and stuff prepared for them in the breaks). And I had a team of 10 americans to help...so I knew, the job would be done without any problems.
but my friend was really excited about them, how eager to help they were and about how quick the jobs we delegeted were done.
she is used to work with braziliens.

unexpected things

a couple of days ago I was at my parents place, because they had family visiting (dutchies) oh what fun...and I was more than happy to speak dutch again...but they are from a province, called zeeland (the most beautiful place in the netherlands), and speak their own dialect...so they were always making fun about my dutch....and I had to relearn this dialect (I understood it when I was a child) it was very cool and lots of fun!

as I entered the princess house (that's the name of the house I am living right now) my flatmate asked me if I would smell something special...I did, and I was very sorry that my back wasn't hurting that bad anymore, because I had to clean up quite some cat poop...sometimes, I do not like our cat....grrr....

I went to the cellar to check something, and saw that our freezer was unplugged...one of our flatmates vacuum cleaned her car a day ago and forgot to plug in the freezer again...bye bye lots of food...

our church is having a huge conference, and I told them, I could help, wherever I am needed (I had this nice picture, me standing somewhere at a info desk and talking to some international people)I just got the email: I have the honour to guide cars to the right parking lots, everyday two or three shifts...next time I will be more specific about how and when I want to help.

so, you see guys, I have lots of fun here :-)

last week

frankly, I do not really know what to blog, there is so much to say....so I decided to write down something about my last week. Here we go:

Monday:
mowing the lawn, sunbathing in our garden (and getting sunburnt), fixing dinner for 10 people and having smallgroup, which was cool and overwhelming at the same time (all those great people with their great dreams...)

Tuesday:
Hanging out in starbucks the whole afternoon, catching up with a good friend...telling her shelter-storys. She has a great way making people feel comfortable and welcomed, it helped me a lot fitting back in here where I am. We laughed a lot and I almost won the game we played...

Wednesday:
Running around in the city, trying to find some official papers my flatmate needed but didn't have time to get. Reading my dutch bible in the train, which I just love. In the afternoon helping move a friend, no wobbly shelf involved this time, but a great chinese dinner and a good and challenging chat (she told me, that I have to dream.... sounds somehow familiar)

Thursday:
Visiting my dutch friend and her 4 year old daughter and the 14 months old twins....really exciting and I was very tired after that. I haven't played Barbie for ages. And the twins are just cuuuuuute.

Friday:
Helping a good friend preparing her birthday party (60) moving around tables, having Raclette (that's great swiss food, lots of melted cheese involved). My back started hurting.

Saturday:
Party the whole day long...was cool, I falling completely in love with a five year old boy, eating fish, which was just catched, meeting people I haven't seen for a long time, almost won a game and my back kept on hurting...like crazy

Sunday:
pain...trying to get out of the bed and down the stairs, it took 10 minutes...calling a doctor, having a flatmate to get me some medication...being on drugs since then. Not able to do anything I like, just laying and standing and walking a few steps.

Monday:
hanging around...having a flatmate cleaning up the mess our cat made behind a couch, (being in pain has also some advantages) having a flatmate help me to put on my socks, watching TV while standing, walking a few steps and faithfully swalling my medications every 4 hours.

soooo, that's a quite long update...thanks for getting through it :-)
cya