Tuesday, August 23, 2005
what have I been up to?
Well, from 6 - 11 th of August 2005 I went to a retreat in St. Jodart in France.
From 11-15 th of August '05 I was at the Youth Arise International festival, in Essen;Germany.
From 16-21 th of August '05 I was at the World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany. But I stayed in Düsseldorf in Germany.
I will post more and with pictures. In Germany I didn't have the opportunity to post on my blog.
But more is to come!
From 11-15 th of August '05 I was at the Youth Arise International festival, in Essen;Germany.
From 16-21 th of August '05 I was at the World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany. But I stayed in Düsseldorf in Germany.
I will post more and with pictures. In Germany I didn't have the opportunity to post on my blog.
But more is to come!
Friday, July 01, 2005
World Youth Day 2005 and Youth Arise International
Hi there,
I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to the World Youth Days in Cologne and before that to Youth Arise International in Essen, both in Germany.
This is from 11 th till 21 st of August.
I'm going with a group of Antillleans and Arubans of around 15 youths.
The preparations of our group is well on their way, we are all very exited to go. (I can't wait till it's August)
These conferances are a boost to our Faith, and also an opportunity to meet other youth from all over the world and to celerate our Faith with each other.
Well, if you are interested in what we are doing, just check the websites that I add to this post.
* CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO GO TO THE WEBSITE.
Yours in Christ;
André
I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to the World Youth Days in Cologne and before that to Youth Arise International in Essen, both in Germany.
This is from 11 th till 21 st of August.
I'm going with a group of Antillleans and Arubans of around 15 youths.
The preparations of our group is well on their way, we are all very exited to go. (I can't wait till it's August)
These conferances are a boost to our Faith, and also an opportunity to meet other youth from all over the world and to celerate our Faith with each other.
Well, if you are interested in what we are doing, just check the websites that I add to this post.
* CLICK ON THE TITLE OF THIS POST TO GO TO THE WEBSITE.
Yours in Christ;
André
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Nice weather
The last few days we had extraordinary good weather in the Netherlands.
In the Hague the temperatures were tropical, 30 degrees Celcius.
Today the weather is still fine. Today the temperature went a bit down and tomorrow it will also, but Thursday we are going to have good weather again (26 degrees).
For me as an Islander this is great. The weather in Aruba is similar at the moment. (but a bit hotter offcourse)
Thank God for this good weather!
In the Hague the temperatures were tropical, 30 degrees Celcius.
Today the weather is still fine. Today the temperature went a bit down and tomorrow it will also, but Thursday we are going to have good weather again (26 degrees).
For me as an Islander this is great. The weather in Aruba is similar at the moment. (but a bit hotter offcourse)
Thank God for this good weather!
Honouring
Last Sunday 19th of June 2005. We honoured Josef as the leader of the Lighthouse community at the Celebration (a general assembly of the sharinggroups, which we do once a month).
Josef stepped down as a leader.
I pray that God will bring a new leader or leaders of the Lighthouse community.
God Bless you Josef, always!
Josef stepped down as a leader.
I pray that God will bring a new leader or leaders of the Lighthouse community.
God Bless you Josef, always!
Saturday, April 30, 2005
"Thou art Peter and on this rock I will build My Church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it."
" MATTHEW 16:18 "
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Monday, April 04, 2005
Sunday, March 27, 2005
Easter!
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Luke 24:6-7
Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of man
must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the
third day rise.
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One of the strange pleasures of the Blessed is the Great Apostolic Forehead
Slap. The pure delight of realizing that Joy was staring you in the face the
whole time (especially when things looked blackest) and you didn't see it--till
now. The Resurrection was the great surprise in broad daylight. It wasn't as
though everything--from the flowers in spring to the butterfly to the prophets
to Jesus himself--hadn't hinted, suggested, foreshadowed, portrayed, sung, and
outright promised it in plain speech. But with a race as silly/clever as ours,
the thing was still cloaked in impenetrable darkness. The apostles themselves
were blindsided by it, not because Jesus hadn't said anything, but because they
(like we) were fallen men who couldn't bring themselves to hope for so grand a
joy. But Joy is at the heart of things nonetheless, and Easter is the proof of
it. May God grant you and yours Easter Joy!
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Luke 24:6-7
Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, that the Son of man
must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the
third day rise.
--------------------
One of the strange pleasures of the Blessed is the Great Apostolic Forehead
Slap. The pure delight of realizing that Joy was staring you in the face the
whole time (especially when things looked blackest) and you didn't see it--till
now. The Resurrection was the great surprise in broad daylight. It wasn't as
though everything--from the flowers in spring to the butterfly to the prophets
to Jesus himself--hadn't hinted, suggested, foreshadowed, portrayed, sung, and
outright promised it in plain speech. But with a race as silly/clever as ours,
the thing was still cloaked in impenetrable darkness. The apostles themselves
were blindsided by it, not because Jesus hadn't said anything, but because they
(like we) were fallen men who couldn't bring themselves to hope for so grand a
joy. But Joy is at the heart of things nonetheless, and Easter is the proof of
it. May God grant you and yours Easter Joy!
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Monday, March 21, 2005
LIGHTHOUSE COMMUNITY, (Lighthouse Gemeenschap)
Hi there,
I'm in a Catholic Community called Lighthouse(although we are also very much open for Protestants to be in this community!). I'm three years already in this community, ever since I came back to the Netherlands in 2001.
For me being in this community is like being in a family, where your faith is being nourished and build up by sharing with others on how we live our faith day by day. There are two cellgroups in our community, I'm with Sacha, Josef, Peter, Annemiek, Sowyen, Vinícius, Joanna, Matubatsi. We are international, we come from Germany, Curaçao, Brazil, Poland, Aruba, South Africa and offcourse Holland.
The cellgroups come together every week, (mine Monday or Tuesday), and once a month both cellgroups come together every 3rd Sunday of the month. This gattering is called CELEBRATION.
There are pictures of the latest Celebration we had.
Once a year the Lighthouse community had a weekend, this year we went to Westkappelle in Zealand; Netherlands. The house were we stayed is called Duinzicht. We had lots of fun. A time of being together as a family, of strengtening our ties with each other and to make a deeper commitment with the community.(a verbal covenant, one that God wrote on our hearts and not on a document)
The following are pictures of this weekend and the last "Celebration".
Enjoy!
(you can grasp a bit of the times, best would be to visit us)
I'm in a Catholic Community called Lighthouse(although we are also very much open for Protestants to be in this community!). I'm three years already in this community, ever since I came back to the Netherlands in 2001.
For me being in this community is like being in a family, where your faith is being nourished and build up by sharing with others on how we live our faith day by day. There are two cellgroups in our community, I'm with Sacha, Josef, Peter, Annemiek, Sowyen, Vinícius, Joanna, Matubatsi. We are international, we come from Germany, Curaçao, Brazil, Poland, Aruba, South Africa and offcourse Holland.
The cellgroups come together every week, (mine Monday or Tuesday), and once a month both cellgroups come together every 3rd Sunday of the month. This gattering is called CELEBRATION.
There are pictures of the latest Celebration we had.
Once a year the Lighthouse community had a weekend, this year we went to Westkappelle in Zealand; Netherlands. The house were we stayed is called Duinzicht. We had lots of fun. A time of being together as a family, of strengtening our ties with each other and to make a deeper commitment with the community.(a verbal covenant, one that God wrote on our hearts and not on a document)
The following are pictures of this weekend and the last "Celebration".
Enjoy!
(you can grasp a bit of the times, best would be to visit us)
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