Tag: church
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1910-05-17 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-05-17 Elizabeth to Ena StuitTuesday, 1910-05-17. Prom Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Woldendorp, May 17, 1910. Beloved sister, You have probably been looking for a letter already, I think. Father is a little better the last few days, better than when you were here. He still has to bring up, but it seems as if he is getting a…
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1910-03-06 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1910-03-06 Elizabeth to Ena StuitSunday, 1910-03-06. From Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Woldendorp, March 6. Beloved sister, You have probably been looking for a letter, I think. You might be thinking that Father is better again. I wish I could write that, but I can’t. Father is not well again. He is worse instead of better. He is in…
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1909-11-14 Elizabeth to Ena Stuit
Read More: 1909-11-14 Elizabeth to Ena StuitSunday, 1909-11-14. From Elizabeth Stuit to Ena Stuit. Dear sister, [Ena is four years younger than Elizabeth] It’s Sunday afternoon and I had better write again. We have just received your letter and learned that you are in good health which makes us very glad. We too are all in good health. Father is better…
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1909-03-14 Elizabeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1909-03-14 Elizabeth to H. BeekhuisSunday, 1909-03-14. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Sunday, March 14, Woldendorp. Dear brother and sister, You must have been waiting for a letter. We are all reasonably well, except me and my leg. It just won’t get better. Thursday the doctor was here and then he thought that the swelling was down. He had…
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1908-11-29 Elizabeth to H. Beekhuis
Read More: 1908-11-29 Elizabeth to H. BeekhuisSunday, 1908-11-29. From Elizabeth Stuit to H. Beekhuis. Woldendorp, November 29.1908. Dear brother and sister, We received your letter with the news that a little son was born to you. Are you feeling better dear sister? Rientje just is not improving. She is very short of breath. Jan now also gets medicine drops and has…
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Dear Kees and Hittie
Read More: Dear Kees and HittieMy children said: Dad must still have something to do, and gave me a computer for my 60th birthday. You didn’t know that for quite a few years in the past, I wrote a Dutch page in a Dutch-Canadian weekly.
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~ Sunday Afternoon
Read More: ~ Sunday AfternoonMaaike had only invited no church people for coffee after the morning service. After all, they already had visitors. On top of that, none of their friends smoked anymore, and they certainly wouldn’t have appreciated Opa’s eternal pipe. If only they could have sat outside.
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~ The Weather Turns
Read More: ~ The Weather TurnsI would often go and play the organ in church now. I preferred that to studying. I wouldn’t pass the final exam anyway, even if I threw myself into my studies. Rehearsing four years of study material from unfamiliar textbooks was an impossibility
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~ The Sign Cap
Read More: ~ The Sign CapThe only joy I experienced during those long study evenings was looking forward to Saturday. The little farmhouse had become my actual home. The silence of the uninhabited world at the bottom of the dyke calmed my soul and the happy girl created a joy in me that lasted throughout the week.
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~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?
Read More: ~ Can’t We Have Some Fun?t’s just a sad state of affairs in Canada these days. We are in the midst of a recession, and there is so much division in many churches that some people want to exit to form even better churches. This must be done with seriousness.