My Life As Nepali Wife

The grand reveal of the overall picture. Who got all the pieces in the right places? David just arrived back in Kathmandu yesterday. Now it is time for us to start raising funds for buying the beautiful house that God has shown us and the school that David has found to start with our projects. Plans for the house: hotel / restaurant / tourist information office / craft shop / bakery Plans for the school: teacher training / new teaching materials / modern education / 21st century learning / parenting workshops / practical education We are very excited to start the work! Later on, we will support our non-profit organizations through our profitable projects. For now, a total of 500,000 euros is needed to buy the house and the school and start up our projects. Please support us with prayer and finances. We will very soon share opportunities to support our work. De grote onthulling van het algehele plaatje. Wie had alle stukjes op de juiste plek? David is net gis...

DAVID IS IN ILAM to inquire about the house and to look for land to build a school, or for a school that we can buy over. (We recently heard that some Christians who have a school in Ilam may want to sell.) Meanwhile, I try to keep up with my study assignments at home and also enjoy my freedom. I have just solved some problems on this blog. Recently I received feedback from a friend about links that did not work and comments that can not be posted. Good news: I have changed the setting, so EVERYONE CAN NOW POST COMMENTS. Which I really like to receive and answer. The links are working now, that was my fault because I had already published the blogs about Eternity Ministries in December and I later decided to post the blogs from the beginning of January. You learn from mistakes, the next time I create a custom link so that the date does not matter. Anyway, THE LINKS WORK NOW. There is so much work to do in the preparations for Ilam, fundraising to lay the foundation for our proj...

Ya... We need some vehicles as well to travel for the work. You now have all 8 pictures! Complete the whole picture and post it in a comment.  Read more about it here.  Next Monday I will announce the winner! --- Ja... We hebben ook enkele vervoersmiddelen nodig om te reizen voor ons werk. Je hebt nu alle 8 afbeeldingen! Maak het hele plaatje compleet and plaats het in een reactie.  Lees hier meer.  Volgende week maandag vermeld ik de winnaar!

-For the JOY of the Lord will be my strength- We already started our YouTube channels and pages. On My Life As Nepali Wife ( YouTube , Blogger and Facebook ) I share about our life and work in Nepal. I will keep updating you about the progress of our work and other interesting facts and adventures in our lives. On Voice for the Christ ( YouTube and Facebook ) David shares the good news of Jesus and videos about Biblical characters, mainly in Nepali language. You can find the link to English versions in the description under the videos. Please support our work online: SUBSCRIBE to My Life As Nepali Wife and Voice for the Christ on YouTube. SUBSCRIBE to My Life As Nepali Wife on Blogger to receive updates in your mailbox. LIKE our pages My Life As Nepali Wife and Voice for the Christ on Facebook. Any ideas for more ways to share the gospel and build God's Kingdom on earth? Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.  Read more about i...

I made a new video! I am sure you all are curious about where our drinking water comes from and what our church looks like. I am happy to show you around!

Praying together, searching together the will of our Lord. Singing and witnessing together, living together for his glory! Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.  Read more about it here. --- Samen bidden, samen zoeken, naar het plan van onze Heer. Samen zingen en getuigen, samen leven tot zijn eer! Denk eraan om alle 8 afbeeldingen te verzamelen om het hele plaatje compleet te maken.  Lees hier meer.

In the villages of Nepal, spouses often do not sleep together in one bed. This is especially true for the older generations. Our parents do not sleep together, but have their own bed in separate rooms. Of course, I knew that since we first visited our family, in September 2017. Yet it only really hit me recently. For David it is obvious that spouses sleep separately, even though he himself belongs to the younger generation who is willing to share the bed with their spouse. For me, however, it is very strange from my culture when spouses sleep separately. That means, in my opinion, that something is wrong in the relationship, right? At least. So when David once fell asleep in the other room and did not want to come when it was bedtime, my emotional system became confused because I felt something was wrong. But it was nothing. When I once woke up alone in the middle of the night and discovered that David was sleeping in the other room, while he had said to come later, I was ala...

Yes I cook two or three times a day and clean my kitchen at least two times a day after eating our meals. See how I do this fast and efficient.

We enjoyed a free day and had fun doing some shooting with our new camera stands. This time I was interviewed in Nepali to show off my Nepali speaking capabilities.

Our family has quite some land we want to use that to employ people and to increase the wealth in this district. Growing coffee and other crops. Any suggestions? Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.   Read more about it here. --- Onze familie heeft aardig wat land en we willen dat gebruiken om mensen van werk te voorzien en om de welstand van de provincie te vergroten. Door koffie te verbouwen en andere gewassen. Suggesties? Denk eraan om alle 8 afbeeldingen te verzamelen om het hele plaatje compleet te maken.  Lees hier meer.

Watch my video to get a look into how I cook Nepali food. See here the result of the cooking process: Dal - Bhat - Tarkari

At our farm we would love to make bamboo cottages for homestay. Our farm is at a beautiful place in the hills, not far from Ilam town. It is on the side of the hill where we can always enjoy the sun from morning to evening. We have a road that makes our compound accessible for vehicles and a football ground next to our house (where probably even a helicopter can land). We also want to offer our guests tasty treats and provide guided tours. All to provide employment for the local people. Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.  Read more about it here. --- Op onze boerderij zouden we graag bamboehuisjes maken voor een gastgezin. Onze boerderij ligt op een prachtige plek in de heuvels, niet ver van Ilam stad. Het ligt aan de kant van de heuvel waar we van 's morgens vroeg tot' s avonds laat van de zon kunnen genieten. We hebben een weg die ons terrein toegankelijk maakt voor voertuigen en een voetbalveld naast ons huis (waar waarschijnlijk z...

Today, while doing my make-up, I got the sponteneous idea to talk to you all a bit about my make-up and why I didn't do make-up before but do it now.

It is winter and it is raining, so it is cold and wet. That is why we have not yet found the courage to leave the house. I had the plan to go to the doctor for my ears, they are so full again that it irritates. Before it turnes into an infection, I want to have it cleaned. And a lasting solution please, doctor. Then stay home and make assignments. There is also a rush to do them, because the exams are already over, the teachers have to pass on the grades and I do not want to stumble on a to do list of assignments anymore. David would sweep the floor and I would scrub the kitchen floor, but in this weather that is not a do. In any case, I do not feel like it when the sun is not shining happily, haha. Really a Dutch thing I think. Maybe I'll do it this afternoon. David just went out the door for the fasting and prayer meeting at a church member's home. Packed in a rain suit he drove of our muddy street, when his phone rang. Switched his motorbike engine off, he then had to ...

We want a place for living too. And we are full ready to share that with our guests. Pray with us that we will get the house that God showed us. It is at a perfect place for a guesthouse, on top of the teagardens. It would be wonderful to have this place to start our ministry, have fellowship, make an office, a guesthouse, a small cafe and a craftsroom. Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture.  Read more about it here. --- We willen ook een plaats om te wonen. En we zijn er helemaal klaar voor om dat met onze gasten te delen. Bid met ons dat we het huis zullen krijgen dat God ons heeft laten zien. Het is op een perfecte plek voor een guesthouse, bovenaan de theetuinen. Het zou geweldig zijn om deze plek te hebben om onze bediening te starten, bijeenkomsten te houden, een kantoor te maken, een gastenverblijf, een klein café en een handwerkkamer. Denk eraan om alle 8 afbeeldingen te verzamelen om het hele plaatje compleet te maken.  Le...

Today was day 3 of the four exam days. As I wrote earlier, studying 7 to 8 hours for an exam is sufficient if you have attended the classes. I knew that today's exam would be pretty easy. Not much content, low difficulty, all assignments already done. So I lazed in the morning and slowly started the study. After our prayer first tea. While checking messages on my phone. Then starting up the laptop and checking whether I miss anything in the list of Powerpoint presentations from the teacher. Meanwhile, I'm chatting with my classmates in the group chat. Oops, what are they talking about now? Cognitive interest? Do I have any material on that? I ask in the group what it is and if someone has slides of it. In the meantime I have already found them on my own computer. "Leave it, found," I type in behind it. After breakfast and when David leaves for the prayer meeting, I plan to go through all the slides as quickly as possible so that I can go to the bank at 14:00 to ...

Vandaag was dag 3 van de vier tentamendagen. Zoals ik eerder al schreef is 7 à 8 uur studeren voor een tentamen voldoende als je de lessen hebt bijgewoond. Ik wist dat het tentamen van vandaag aardig makkelijk zou zijn. Niet veel stof, lage moeilijkheidsgraad, alle opdrachten al gemaakt. Dus luierde ik in de morgen en begon langzaamaan aan de studie. Na ons gebed eerst thee. Onderwijl berichtjes op m'n telefoon checken. Laptop opstarten en checken of ik niets mis in de lijst van Powerpoint presentaties van de leraar. Ik chat ondertussen met m'n klasgenoten in de groepschat. Oeps, waar hebben ze het nu weer over? Cognitive interest? Heb ik daar wel iets van? Ik vraag in de groep wat het is en of iemand er dia's van heeft. Intussen heb ik ze al op m'n eigen computer gevonden. "Laat maar, gevonden," typ ik erachter aan. Na m'n ontbijt en wanneer David is vertrokken voor de gebedsbijeenkomst, neem ik me voor om alle dia's zo snel mogelijk door te nem...

Today David came back home with a lot of plastic bags. Brrr .... Fortunately, I usually do the shopping and nowadays I make sure that I have a reusable bag with me. The plastic that I still bring home is used as a pedal bin bag. Plastic bags is not the only concern when it comes to reuse. Almost everything from the store that has a longer shelf life comes in a plastic package. If possible, I try to choose a reusable packaging. Like a glass jar in the case of honey and coffee. I enjoy that for the rest of my life. I try to reuse cardboard boxes myself by storing something else in it again or using it as craft material. What I should do with all other plastic packaging, I do not know yet. When I throw it away, I always think twice. But I have not yet found the solution. By the way, if I compare our waste with that of our landlord and the neighbours, then ours does not mean anything. Except for some plastic and paper, it is almost only fruit and vegetable waste. Yet something that I...

I hope the picture speaks for itself. Quality education that teaches students to be self-sustainable and job creators. Remember to gather all 8 pictures to complete the whole picture. Read more about it here. --- Ik hoop dat de afbeelding voor zich spreekt. Onderwijs van kwaliteit dat leerlingen leert zelfvoorzienend en werkgevers/banencreërders te zijn. Denk eraan om alle 8 afbeeldingen te verzamelen om het hele plaatje compleet te maken. Lees hier meer.

I wrote this post a month ago on my previous blog Hi friend, We have not spoken to each other for a long time. When you said that we would meet each other more often in life, I imagined a close friendship. I did not think we would not speak for years. Yet I trust that we are still friends somehow. That's why I write this letter. I know you were busy with other people and other things. Perhaps a love affair. I can earn income there. I myself always had the good idea that you should keep your friends, even if you are busy with the love of your life. I thought that easily while I was in a long-distance relationship and later living in Nepal where being together is rare before marriage. It is now nine months after our wedding day and I just start to crawl out of the newly-wed shell. That is to say, until now I was especially busy getting used to housekeeping, work in the church, our wedding in the Netherlands and studying. At least, those are my truth-based excuses. To put it m...