Tag: God
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Indonesië: 1947-1949
Read More: Indonesië: 1947-1949Veel van wat volgt is geschreven door Wendy op basis van herinneringen die mijn zussen en ik deelden van verhalen die hij ons door de jaren heen vertelde, hoewel er een paar alinea’s zijn die hij al heel vroeg geschreven moet hebben omdat ze in het Nederlands geschreven zijn. Toen ik 19 jaar oud was…
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Tweede Werelds Oorlog: 1939-1945
Read More: Tweede Werelds Oorlog: 1939-1945In september 1939 begon de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Ik herinner me dat veel mensen werden gerekruteerd voor het leger, dat het aantal werklozen sterk begon te dalen en dat de economie aantrok, dus in het begin maakten we ons niet veel zorgen over de oorlog. We hadden er vertrouwen in dat Nederland uit de oorlog kon…
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De Nederlandse Koninklijke Familie
Read More: De Nederlandse Koninklijke FamilieZelfs in onze sterk op mannen gerichte samenleving hadden we er geen moeite mee om te accepteren dat de koningin een vrouw was.
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Janneke
Read More: Janneke01 – JUNE, 1991 I sometimes think: if this had happened and that had not, how differently my life would have turned out! Does God take advantage of some events so that it all goes according to his plan? Did I have my own say? I was pondering that as Corrie and I laboriously climbed…
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The de Jong Line
Read More: The de Jong LineFamily History section written in 1986 Touch and turn images for a wide screen view Of my father’s relatives I know very little. I have never seen a picture of my grandparents, likely because one was never taken. I know nothing of how my grandfather looked except that he was crippled from birth with one…
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Indonesia: 1947-1949
Read More: Indonesia: 1947-1949Much of what follows is written by Wendy based on memories my sisters and I shared of stories he told us over the years, although there are a few paragraphs that he must have written very early on because they were written in Dutch. When I was 19 years old (1947) I was called up…
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The Dutch Royal Family
Read More: The Dutch Royal FamilyIn 1936 Princess Julianna became engaged to Prince Bernhard and they were married in 1937. Princess Beatrix, who was the queen of Holland when I wrote this was born on January 31, 1938. Prince Irene was born on August 5, 1939. We were very strongly loyalists. We believed the House of Orange was given by…
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Stutenstreek -1876
Read More: Stutenstreek -1876After Albert left the army (1876), he bought a piece of land of 2000 square yards (.4 acres) in what would later be called “The Stutenstreek”. He paid 460 guilders (125 dollars) for the land and a small house was built on it for 200 guilders (80 dollars). Albert and Tietje made a good start…
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Religion and Faith
Read More: Religion and FaithOne can talk about religion in generalities and about churches being staunchly Reformed and very orthodox, but what was my personal experience as a child? I can’t remember that my mother often told Bible stories, but she must have done so. At table Dad read from Anne De Vries’ Bible Story Book and when I…