Things have been a little quieter lately, but in a nice summer evening relaxed kind of quiet. The weather has been, as the Dutch would say, heil mooi, very beautiful! 27 degree days topped by powerful flashing storms at night.
The Maclean's left two days ago, and I think are probably having a spectacular time in America! Today a Philipinne classmate came for dinner. She brought along a coconut pudding with corn for dessert... it looked really quite nasty but was tasty enough to keep the leftovers!!. The night the Maclean's left, a friend was over (whom she would probably adopt if she could), and he took me to the Kinderdijk on her orders to make sure this girl ( ahem the word 'naive' I found out is pronounced the same in Dutch and in English:) stays out of too much trouble... We went by scooter (similar to a motorcycle), and in the warm summer air it was absolutely beautiful! Driving I think it was about 50 kms instead of about 30 while getting lost didn't even seem such a bad thing!
And tonight the kitchen is kind of desperately calling me to clean it, so I came to find this distraction before putting on some nice music and doing that :) And then a much-needed early night is definitely in order for tonight!
Enjoy the pics!
So peaceful every time!
One of De molens
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We really had issues with both smiling nice on the same photo, so for both our sakes (and maybe for yours ;) I cropped the pics.
My 'tour guide'. Except that I had been here before, it was his first time. Plus we got pretty lost on the way there... But these people are really amazingly kind in a very genuine way (especially if it involves free food :) Wait, is that genuine...? More and more they make me realize how Canadian I am, but they have a ton I can learn from! Being in a different culture in this way is really a character-shaping experience.
On the way back we noticed that the area was pretty much deserted. This was probably due to the rapidly approaching darkness behind us. Along with the thunder and lightning came a heavy downpour. Even our shelter almost got flooded. So finally we were able to leave I think around 11ish. The air was still so warm, it was quite amazing. While in bed last night I was awoken around 1 am with a huge crash, and constant flashing white light that even came through my window covering. Seeing God's power like this probably would have been more amazing if it had not been 1 am, but it was absolutely incredible :)
Playing piano in church on some friend's Profession of Faith. Quiet guitars and drums accompanied beautiful voices, it was a very nice service.
Hello summer, woohoo!
Sunday afternoon relaxing
These two also came for dinner and this happy tourist had to take a picture :) They have beautiful smiles, very kind hearts and great personalities.
God is good, life is beautiful!
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