Martus came to visit. Praise the Lord!

It was wonderful to have Martus here for 3 weeks during his Summer holiday. We did many things together, such as visit Seoul (twice) and stay over for the weekend. He came to visit our schools and attended some classes with us. He also took the train and had his own adventures by train. He visited Daejeon and Yongsan and found the browsing around in the electronic market very interesting. Time went by just too quicly.

Soccer is one of Martus' passions. He found the World Cup Stadium and took us there as well. What an impressive place!

Back again

We are back again in Hongseong for the 2nd year. We are still teaching at the same schools and things are going well. We are right now attending an English Church in a city, Cheonan, which is an hour away by train. We try to go regularly.

Proud parents at Dewald and Sune's big day.

The 31st January 2009 was a wonderful day for all of us,
especially for Sune and Dewald. Also for proud Mom and Dad.

Our grandsons at Sune and Dewald's wedding etc

Left: Darren, spreading rose petals for Sune's entrance.

Right: Joshua, the ring bearer, with proud Mom and Erik in the background.

More photos

This soccer stadium, stretching into the water, was taken from the Singapore Flyer. It looks like a floating soccer field.

Visit to Seoul and church news

The second weekend back, we went to Seoul to try and find a warm jacket for Pieter. Usually around here they say: "No size" when he walks into a shop. This time we were determined to find a shop with larger sizes. After our legs were tired and we were on our way back to the hotel, we stopped a man in the street and asked him about a large size jacket. He took us into a shop where Pieter could pick and choose between four jackets. So after mission accomplished, we were satisfied. The next day we went to the Seoul Tower where we could see Seoul from a very "dizzy height". It was an awesome view.

This year we are planning more visits to an English fellowship in Cheonan. They meet on a Sunday morning and have good Bible Studies and worship. Pastor Oh from the Presbyterian Church in Hongseong has asked Pieter to preach at the 2pm service once a month, in Hongseong. This is where we visisted every Sunday last year. We are glad for more ministry opportunities.

Via Singapore to Hongseong

We stayed over in Singapore for two days. This gave us time to do a bit of sight seeing e.g. go on the Singapore Flyer. It is the largest and highest "big wheel" in the world, with a view over the city.

Back to Hongseong was O K, until we missed the first bus to Cheonan. This meant that we also missed the last bus from Cheonan to Hongseong. We had to drag our many heavy bags up and down stairs and into a taxi to do the last part of the trip by train. Many Koreans were friendly enough to help us drag the load. We arrived back at our apartment at 11pm. The geyser malfunctioned and we did not have heat for the first two days, but we could have it replaced after that. The temperatures in Hongseong were still below freezing.

We had snow the first week we were back, but now Spring has come. Slowly we see higher temperatures e.g. 9 degrees C, but the mornings are still 0 degrees C. We don't mind, because we remember the very hot weather in Summer.