new times seem to come up for me

as some of you already concluded after reading my last blog, my focus is now on moving to spain.

in my last blog you can read how i met with the organization called oasis trail.

my plan last time when i went to spain was that i would just go for a break.

i would work in the inn in spain for about 2 weeks, get to know the work and the people.

then i would go and walk a part of the camino ( pilgrim route).

then i would go home and make my conclusions here at home.

there was nothing here in amsterdam that pushed me away, so i would have the time to sit down with some good friends, and talk things over.

it's a big step for me, and i love what i do here in amsterdam.

i've been working in the shelter jordan now in total for more then ten years, and wouldn't have mind to continue for an other number of years.

also crossroads, my home church for about 12 years, isn't easy to just leave behind.

but to continue with the story, as i was in spain, things just start to fall in to place.

the whole ministry felt like a custom made suite.

i feel at home, the hostel feels like my living room, and every day i can invite people to come and have a meal with us.

show hospitality to the pilgrims, and just be available to them

the scripture that i still feel very strongly is about eliah

1 kings 19

4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers. 5 And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat. 6 And he looked, and behold, there was at his head a cake baked on hot stones and a jar of water. And he ate and drank and lay down again. 7 And the angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you. 8 And he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mount of God. 

9 There he came to a cave and lodged in it. And behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? 10

my hope is to host people in this place where they can meet with God.

to make my self available for God to reveal Himself through us.

here i'll give you a google map link to find out where we are.

villa mayor (de monjardin)

Hi, I'd like to share a Google Maps link with you. Link:

no pictures this time

i'm still working on all the details, but just wanted to share this with you, and will keep you updated, when more things become all clear.

thanks and hope to meet up again