To fall with the door into the house, understanding culture is vital to effective communication. And if that sentence made sense to you, you are probably either Dutch or Afrikaans. Because “falling with door into the house” is an idiom…
Being roughly halfway through the modules we have this year, I thought it would be nice to make a video and share about some of the things we have learned so far in regards to the big picture of church…
Yesterday I gave a 5 minute presentation about going to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Giving the presentation was an assignment, and it was held in front of teachers and fellow students. As part of the assignment, we were…
Last week included two interesting events. First, there’s a trip coming up to Senegal, which we had a meeting about. Secondly, someone who is involved with leadership in West-Africa visited us. The Senegal trip will be an “exposure trip”. That…
A few weeks ago we went on a four-day survival camp. If you are wondering why this is part of missions training, remember a few things. First, the people groups we want to work with are unreached because they are…
Last Monday I came back to NCC. It was really great to see so many familiar faces again, as well as to meet many new ones. Classes have been mostly about introduction, the most exciting of which was probably when…
This week I came back from my family visit in South Africa. I had a wonderful and relaxing time with family and friends. But while I was in Potchefstroom, I also helped at Bafenyi – a local, Christian charity. I…
Recently* I finished the first of three years of Bible college. I would like to take this opportunity to look back at a year which has been a wonderful blessing and real joy to go through. *Recently being a few…
Coming back to the Netherlands has been a much larger adjustment than I expected it to be. I just did not realise how much I had grown accustomed to the local sub-culture we had at North Cotes College. What’s more,…
Today I left campus. Due to the visa situation we could only ever stay in the country for 180 days. Having completed those, we will continue the rest of the year with online lessons. And what a busy week of…