When I had to say goodbye to Larry and Birdie I could barely hold my tears back and Lauren couldn't stop crying!
love merel
Saturday, July 14, 2007
saying goodbye..
Some pictures of saying goodbye to the friends last Tuesday at the meeting. Unfortunately I couldn't take ém all with me in my suitcase! Wednesday was the funeral, as you already know, but before that we went out in service. So I had to say goodbye to everyone about three times which made it even harder to do.
When I had to say goodbye to Larry and Birdie I could barely hold my tears back and Lauren couldn't stop crying!
love merel
When I had to say goodbye to Larry and Birdie I could barely hold my tears back and Lauren couldn't stop crying!
love merel
Thursday, July 12, 2007
the last hours..
Well this is it I guess, I've packed everything, only small tiny things in my handlugagge and I'm ready to go..
Maybe Jasmin and her grandma stop by and Mary Diane might too, to say goodbye and then it's over!
I said goodbye to everyone in the congregation, and nobody cried..which was a good thing because that would have made me cry too. Yesterday we had the funeral of Martha's daddy. It was a HUGE funeral, he has over a 120 children, grandchildren, and grand grandchildren! plus the friends from around the area. Afterwards we ent to the community center to bring the dish we made for the family lunch, we weren't planning on staying but they invited us, so we stayed. This way I got to visit again with some of the friends and say goodbye for the 3rd time.
Last night Brian&Brian wanted to go and eat out with some of the friends, but everybody exept the three of us had other plans, so we went to ruby's tuesdays and larry and birdie joined us later on. After that birdie and ALrry went to Walmart and we went back and fort in Bay Minette, loking for the Co's phone, and we also brought the literature for the next two months to the kingdomhall.
After that it was really goodbye:( and now I'm almost packed and ready to go.
My flight leaves at 2.25am out of Mobile, and my next flight out of Houston takes of at 19.07 pm. I'll fly during the night and arrive at 11.50am local time in Amsterdam.
love merel
Maybe Jasmin and her grandma stop by and Mary Diane might too, to say goodbye and then it's over!
I said goodbye to everyone in the congregation, and nobody cried..which was a good thing because that would have made me cry too. Yesterday we had the funeral of Martha's daddy. It was a HUGE funeral, he has over a 120 children, grandchildren, and grand grandchildren! plus the friends from around the area. Afterwards we ent to the community center to bring the dish we made for the family lunch, we weren't planning on staying but they invited us, so we stayed. This way I got to visit again with some of the friends and say goodbye for the 3rd time.
Last night Brian&Brian wanted to go and eat out with some of the friends, but everybody exept the three of us had other plans, so we went to ruby's tuesdays and larry and birdie joined us later on. After that birdie and ALrry went to Walmart and we went back and fort in Bay Minette, loking for the Co's phone, and we also brought the literature for the next two months to the kingdomhall.
After that it was really goodbye:( and now I'm almost packed and ready to go.
My flight leaves at 2.25am out of Mobile, and my next flight out of Houston takes of at 19.07 pm. I'll fly during the night and arrive at 11.50am local time in Amsterdam.
love merel
Sunday, July 08, 2007
picture's birdie and I took
the only 'gator' we've seen.. 
one of those really big grashoppers or locus
me and samantha in the kingdomhall this morning, both tired:P
me and samantha in the kingdomhall this morning, both tired:P
delta-swamp-tour
hello hello
No alligators:(:(!!
We went on a boattrip on the Delta which is above the Mobile bay. To see the googlemappicture click this link: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.825602,-87.940063&spn=0.510627,0.925598&t=k&z=10&om=1&msa=0&msid=106677359624581045262.000434ca748a6349973c9
It was really neat, it felt like you were way out of the civilised world. I could have stayed there for a loong time;)
We saw turtles everywhere, several kind of plants with that our captain told some interesting things about. For example the White leaved willow, indians used to chew on the bark when they got wounded in battle, or when they had an ache. A professor took some of it back home to Germany and made a medicine/painkiller out of it, voila our apserine! He was also telling about a plant that has white flowers. It's called the Mars Mellow. People took the sticky gel that they found in the flower and cooked it 'till it was thicker and turnd white. That was how they made the first Mars mellows! Nowadays they use sirup made out of corn, but by using the white flowers was how it orginally was made.
We also saw all kinds of birds. White cranes, Pelicans, and sparrow tailed kite's. the captain told us that this wwas probably the only one we would see in our entire life for it is a very rare bird and there are only 7 of them in the delta area. When we went around the corner we saw six more! Rare eh? but they were rwally pretty, black and white and a sparrow vorked tail.
They also have really big black and red striped grashoppers in the delta. They are toxic, when you pick them up they'll spray poison. When you get it in your eyes you'll be blind for three hours, and when you eat them you'll get real bad blisters in your mouth.
The birds in the area won't eat them, but when the immigrant birds come in the Grasshoppers have laid there eggs, and for some reason, have no toxic stuff left..So they'll be eaten! They're really big, and now I've seen them I can imagine how black the sky was and how fast all the leaves and grass was eaten during one of the plague's in ancient Egypt.
Unfortunately we didn't see any alligators, or 'gators' as the captain called them but that didn't made the trip less worth it. The delta is a great place!
After a great trip of 90 minutes, we went to a mexican restaurant with Megan and Craig who went with us on the trip. It was so nice to spent some time with them:)
I've got only 3 days left, the Bay Minette has the CO this week. The Circle Officer, a brother that visits the congregation 2 times a year to encourage them and to give some talks to help them to stay on the right track. I leave thursday afternoon so I won't get to see that much of him and his wife, exept for Tuesdaynight. So 5 more nights before I'm home. 4 in Alabama and 1 on the airplane. I'm leaving at 19.07 (Local time) from Houston and arrive at 11.50am local time in Amsterdam.
I'm looking forward to see the friends in the Netherlands again, but I'll certainly miss the friends in the states, unfortunately my suitcase isn't that big:( And I think we've to start a hotel or bed and breakfast since most of the friends are determined to come and visit me!
xox, love merel
No alligators:(:(!!
We went on a boattrip on the Delta which is above the Mobile bay. To see the googlemappicture click this link: http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=30.825602,-87.940063&spn=0.510627,0.925598&t=k&z=10&om=1&msa=0&msid=106677359624581045262.000434ca748a6349973c9
It was really neat, it felt like you were way out of the civilised world. I could have stayed there for a loong time;)
We saw turtles everywhere, several kind of plants with that our captain told some interesting things about. For example the White leaved willow, indians used to chew on the bark when they got wounded in battle, or when they had an ache. A professor took some of it back home to Germany and made a medicine/painkiller out of it, voila our apserine! He was also telling about a plant that has white flowers. It's called the Mars Mellow. People took the sticky gel that they found in the flower and cooked it 'till it was thicker and turnd white. That was how they made the first Mars mellows! Nowadays they use sirup made out of corn, but by using the white flowers was how it orginally was made.
We also saw all kinds of birds. White cranes, Pelicans, and sparrow tailed kite's. the captain told us that this wwas probably the only one we would see in our entire life for it is a very rare bird and there are only 7 of them in the delta area. When we went around the corner we saw six more! Rare eh? but they were rwally pretty, black and white and a sparrow vorked tail.
They also have really big black and red striped grashoppers in the delta. They are toxic, when you pick them up they'll spray poison. When you get it in your eyes you'll be blind for three hours, and when you eat them you'll get real bad blisters in your mouth.
The birds in the area won't eat them, but when the immigrant birds come in the Grasshoppers have laid there eggs, and for some reason, have no toxic stuff left..So they'll be eaten! They're really big, and now I've seen them I can imagine how black the sky was and how fast all the leaves and grass was eaten during one of the plague's in ancient Egypt.
Unfortunately we didn't see any alligators, or 'gators' as the captain called them but that didn't made the trip less worth it. The delta is a great place!
After a great trip of 90 minutes, we went to a mexican restaurant with Megan and Craig who went with us on the trip. It was so nice to spent some time with them:)
I've got only 3 days left, the Bay Minette has the CO this week. The Circle Officer, a brother that visits the congregation 2 times a year to encourage them and to give some talks to help them to stay on the right track. I leave thursday afternoon so I won't get to see that much of him and his wife, exept for Tuesdaynight. So 5 more nights before I'm home. 4 in Alabama and 1 on the airplane. I'm leaving at 19.07 (Local time) from Houston and arrive at 11.50am local time in Amsterdam.
I'm looking forward to see the friends in the Netherlands again, but I'll certainly miss the friends in the states, unfortunately my suitcase isn't that big:( And I think we've to start a hotel or bed and breakfast since most of the friends are determined to come and visit me!
xox, love merel
Thursday, July 05, 2007
ballerina
Took a shower, man I almost looked like I had tried to paint myself! But The ballerina turned out good:)
Rene's little girl, Clara is all about ballerina's. So when she told me she wanted a ballerina painted on Clara's bedroomdoor, I offered to do it for her. So first we went out in service with Choochoo and Santrail, and after that went to Rene's house.
Eventually we decided to do it on the wall instead of on the door.. Rene started to do the door, and I drew some ballerina shoes 'hanging 'on the doorknop and some hearts that Rene colored.
When I came home and had taken a shower birdie and I practised her talk, which is entitled: What does it take to draw close to Jehovah, based on James 4:8. So we use the publication: draw closer to Jehovah to explain what is needed to get a close and intimate friendship with our father, Jehovah God.
Here are some pictures of the ballerina, clouds just before the thunder, lightning and rain, pictures after the rain, and how I did Lauren's hair the other day.
love merel
Rene's little girl, Clara is all about ballerina's. So when she told me she wanted a ballerina painted on Clara's bedroomdoor, I offered to do it for her. So first we went out in service with Choochoo and Santrail, and after that went to Rene's house.
Eventually we decided to do it on the wall instead of on the door.. Rene started to do the door, and I drew some ballerina shoes 'hanging 'on the doorknop and some hearts that Rene colored.
When I came home and had taken a shower birdie and I practised her talk, which is entitled: What does it take to draw close to Jehovah, based on James 4:8. So we use the publication: draw closer to Jehovah to explain what is needed to get a close and intimate friendship with our father, Jehovah God.
Here are some pictures of the ballerina, clouds just before the thunder, lightning and rain, pictures after the rain, and how I did Lauren's hair the other day.
love merel
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
ohoh
ohoh, poor mobile people!
http://community.nbc15online.com/photos/july_storm/picture1772500.aspx
Love merel
http://community.nbc15online.com/photos/july_storm/picture1772500.aspx
Love merel
Pensacola, FL
Hya,
We had to go to a funeral at noon yesterday..Sister Wilsons husband died last tuesdaynight. There were about 15 people who attended the memorial and accompanied the family to the sematary. Brian Broughton had the talk at the Memorial, I think he was pretty nervous, but it's a hard task to accomplish. Afterwards we song song no. 15, about the resurrection and how everybody will live in peace in paradise.
Although sister Wilson didn't know me I wanted to be there, after all she's my sister. She was happy I came.
After the funeral we changed clothes and got our stuff ready to go to the beach in Pensacola which is an hour drive from here in the state Florida. You'll see some pictures of the road, the bridge and the views out from the car while we were driving on the bridge..they're not really sharp but give you an impression of what its like..
The beach was great, so white! And the water so clear and blue(exept for our first spot, because of seeweeds) We saw fish and crabs and found lots of shells. And because we went in the afternoon it wasn't as hot as it was earlier that day.
Lauren and I went to the pier which was some hundred feet from our spot and birdie went back to our spot. When we came back where out spot was.. all our stuff was gone! So we went back and fort on the beach, looking for her..We couldn't find her, but there was this guy, I think in his late thirdthies who came to me: You look familiar! (yeah right) I'm an architect from New Orleans and I thought you were one of the younger architects'' He started a whole lifestory without ending.. when he heard I was from the Netherlands he told me he had spent 6 months in Europe, and also some time in Amsterdam. Anyway, when he finally runned out of words I asked him whether he had seen Birdie (describing what she looks like) but he hadn't seen her and run off ;-) Eventually we found Birdie, she went back to the car and had taken our stuff with her. So we weren't clompletely lost and stuck forever.(Lauren's idea) Lauren and I went back to the beach to get the shells we found and had left there.
I'll show you the pictures, I keep repeating, it's a shame I can't share it for real but only with pictures! The pictures are good but don't show you how it really it:)
lots of love, merel
We had to go to a funeral at noon yesterday..Sister Wilsons husband died last tuesdaynight. There were about 15 people who attended the memorial and accompanied the family to the sematary. Brian Broughton had the talk at the Memorial, I think he was pretty nervous, but it's a hard task to accomplish. Afterwards we song song no. 15, about the resurrection and how everybody will live in peace in paradise.
Although sister Wilson didn't know me I wanted to be there, after all she's my sister. She was happy I came.
After the funeral we changed clothes and got our stuff ready to go to the beach in Pensacola which is an hour drive from here in the state Florida. You'll see some pictures of the road, the bridge and the views out from the car while we were driving on the bridge..they're not really sharp but give you an impression of what its like..
The beach was great, so white! And the water so clear and blue(exept for our first spot, because of seeweeds) We saw fish and crabs and found lots of shells. And because we went in the afternoon it wasn't as hot as it was earlier that day.
Lauren and I went to the pier which was some hundred feet from our spot and birdie went back to our spot. When we came back where out spot was.. all our stuff was gone! So we went back and fort on the beach, looking for her..We couldn't find her, but there was this guy, I think in his late thirdthies who came to me: You look familiar! (yeah right) I'm an architect from New Orleans and I thought you were one of the younger architects'' He started a whole lifestory without ending.. when he heard I was from the Netherlands he told me he had spent 6 months in Europe, and also some time in Amsterdam. Anyway, when he finally runned out of words I asked him whether he had seen Birdie (describing what she looks like) but he hadn't seen her and run off ;-) Eventually we found Birdie, she went back to the car and had taken our stuff with her. So we weren't clompletely lost and stuck forever.(Lauren's idea) Lauren and I went back to the beach to get the shells we found and had left there.
I'll show you the pictures, I keep repeating, it's a shame I can't share it for real but only with pictures! The pictures are good but don't show you how it really it:)
lots of love, merel
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