convention pics

convention

olaf

blurry rene

blurry jaazanja

platform and screens

gehazi walking around with Elisha's coat.

Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, in the drama, after being punished with the desease naa-man suffered from.

*at mesa's in front of the door*

dinner at the Broadway steakhouse:

patty

elmar

patty and sjuwene

matthijs and aaron

tim

chabeli and patty

joshua and mathijs

joshua chabeli and sergio

elmar, tom and joshua

chabeli and serg

chabeli and patty

patty and sjuwene

convention 27th-29th july

It was great! I enjoyed it from fridaymorning through Sunday afternoon. The talks, demo's, interviews, the drama..it was education of high standard, once again. Eventhough it was the second time I heard it.
I went to the english convention as well, saturdaymorning with merel and bas. It's funny to hear all the difference accents, American, African, Dutch, English and even Scottish. This because the english field in the netherlands exists out of people from all nations. But they're all doing their utmost best:)

We went out for dinner with friends on sundaynight. I've made pictures of that too.
So here you go!

love, xox, merel

Amsetrdam pictures

left part of central station, they're renovating the grand hall and outside of the building..

Julien and Chebli in front of central station, Amsterdam.

And people park their bycicle's just everywhere..

the road from the central train station and the dam

Something you'll see a lot when visiting the dam and the palace: doves and japanees tourists.

palace on the dam

palace on the dam 2

palace on the dam 3

main street for shopping, the kalverstraat.

the dam

Bella at Magna plaza, a luxurious shopping center, just a block behind the palace.

happy bel (told you.. she´s just as crazy as I am..)

ahum.. me and bella were having a good time using the cam...:P

Three of thousands of Amsterdam´s dove´s on the balcony of the palace on the dam.

Part of the old old church in the background..

bella and I with some undefinable hats:P

Heineken beer office for the ones among us who just ADORE our Dutch beer:P!

Entrance to couple of buildings where they took care opf the orphans of Amsterdam, do you see the three white crosses? That´s the city symbol.

the group on the dam in front of the palace. from left to right: joshua, sergio, niels, chabeli and behind them Matthew and julien (juul´s hiding behind niels)


On our way back to central station..

Amsterdam for the friends in the States

hi! We went to amsterdam today, to shop for the convention and get some stuff for our upcoming vacation on the Island of Crete as well. Matthew (my brother) niels, sergio, chabeli, joshua and Julien joined me.
I've made some pictures of the dam and the palace on the dam and other things we saw.. I hope you enjoy them!

love merel

Home

at the airport, from left to right: my dad, granda, merel's mom, merel, me, matthijs and Niek (merel's baby brother.)

l - r: elina, nicoline (merel's mom) fenna (niels and bas's mom)
fenna & mom

my grandma and uncle


chabeli and niek


l-r: tim, bas, me, merel and chabeli


patty, me and chabeli

me and niels

patty and niek

sergio and matthijs

my mom

merel

niek, sergio, bas and niels

niek and bas

julien (patty's little brother)

merel and a collapsed merel

elina (sergio and chebli's mom) and tottan (andor and esra's mom)

andor

esra on his bycicle

I came home yesterday, Merel's dad works at the Aiport and was wainting for me at the gate. So we walked to the lugaggeclaim together and after that to my family. Merel had come too, and so did her mom and brother Niek. My mom and dad had bought me ballons that said welcome home and a bog smiley. And my brother has grown so much in those ten weeks of my absence. He's even taller then he already was. He was about 6 feet 2 but now probably is about 6 feet 7 or 8. My head is under his chin! Just a some more centimeters (about twenty) and he's as tall as my dad is.

I came home yesterday, and went to bed after 33 hours of being awake.. I had slept one hour in the plane but couldn't sleep any more. So by the time i went to bed Iw as almost fainting. My parents had invited some friends to come over. It was so great to see 'em again..They even brought me gifts! And seeing again made me realise how much I had missed them but also how much I miss my new friends, my brothers and sisters in the States already! I still have a jetlag, my stomach doesn't know when it's time to eat, sometimes I feel like there is no time at all! And I'm constantly cold..while it's about 22 degrees. My dad and mom are wlking in summerclothes, shorts and tops, while I'm wering long pants, a top with long sleeves and even a shawl..so I don't only have to get used to the timedifference but aso the the climate. They light's much different too by the way..have to get used to everything!!!!!!I guess rachel was right.. she said that you get a culture shock when you arrive in the forgein country, but by the time you come back in your home country you'll have one too!!! I've made some pictures of the friends that came and visited, to show them to you:)
The first pictures are made when we were flying under Iceland, when the sun came up. It was so pretty:)

love xox merel