Category: Memoirs
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Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ersheva
Read More: Israel Trip: Jerusalem to Be’ershevaJERUSALEM DAY I – Sunday November 17 We woke up early this morning. We had a quick breakfast and left the hotel at 5:45 a.m. The reason we left early was that we wanted to be in Jerusalem before 8:45 a.m., as we hoped to attend the outdoor church service in the garden tomb. In…
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Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount Hermon
Read More: Israel Trip: Joppa to Mount HermonOUR FIRST EXPEDITION JOPPA AND TEL AVIV – Wednesday, November 13 After this second lecture we had a good dinner and around one p.m., we left for our first bus tour. We drove south, back to Tel Aviv, crossing the Yarkon River. First, we drove through Tel Aviv to get some impressions of Israel’s largest…
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Israel Trip: Preparations & Impressions
Read More: Israel Trip: Preparations & ImpressionsWHAT WE SAW AND LEARNED IN ISRAEL – Monday, November 11 After some exciting weeks of planning, reading and dreaming about Israel, packing and completing last minute jobs, Monday November 11, 1991 finally arrived. It was a dull cool day. We had drizzle, mixed with wet snow and a North Easterly wind. The snow from…
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Israel Trip: 1991
Read More: Israel Trip: 1991OUR TRIP TO ISRAEL INTRODUCTION – November 11-22, 1991 I never imagined that we would ever have the opportunity to go to Israel; to see for ourselves the country and the places where Jesus walked and taught; where He lived and died; where He was resurrected and taken up to heaven. Israel is also the…
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Family Tree
Read More: Family TreePanorama mouse controls Panorama touch controls Brouwer – Overeem Tree View Brouwer Branch View Trudy Brouwer De Jong Fan View
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Oma Says
Read More: Oma SaysThe Collected Sayings of Oma Brouwer (1899 – 1984) These sayings were written down by Mina Brouwer in a ledger, as she thought of them, and typed out later by one of her descendants. The text recognition and translations come courtesy of Google Lens
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Protected: The End
Read More: Protected: The EndThere is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
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A New Life in Canada
Read More: A New Life in CanadaChapter 11 A NEW LIFE IN CANADA On May 12, after eight days at sea, the Brouwer family arrived in Quebec City. First they had to go into a large hall and had to wait for a long time. There their papers where checked again. Finally they were allowed to board the train. This part…
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The Final Years in Holland
Read More: The Final Years in HollandChapter 9 THE FINAL YEARS IN HOLLAND After the war ended, everything started to recover. However, the Brouwers were faced with another big problem. Their farm was too small to support their family. Four of the children had already finished school, and they now needed to look for work elsewhere. Hendrik often worked for some…
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The War Years
Read More: The War YearsChapter 8 THE WAR YEARS Then came 1939. There had been rumours of war for years, but most people didn’t pay much attention to it. They were too busy just trying to keep food on the table to support their families. There was no television yet and not many people owned radios. Many rural people…