Summer 2010

Busy month of May

visit of Dorothy Martin from Albania in the Holy Land. She's reunited with my mom who last saw each other right after our wedding, that was 7 years ago. With them in this photo is Mr. David Mockon who came as a visiting consultant.

at home with Dotty and Mrs. Ramirez

Oma Ineke came to visit us this May especially to see her newest grandchild, baby Ethan

Oma & Enna-Marie

with our two grandmas and oom Jorrit

Our second visit to Bahji since Ethan's birth...here our baby is sleeping in this beautiful garden

mom and Menchie standing next to the Shrine of Baha'u'llah

Enna-Marie & mommy

Maarten with brother Jorrit visiting the Mansion of Baha'u'llah

mom loves the garden, she wanted to have her photo taken in the garden in Bahji (of course also in the Haifa garden)

Ethan's first visit to tipat halav, in English it means a "drop of milk", it's a health center for mothers, infants and young children..a place where children get vaccinations, monitor/record the baby's weight, length, head measurement, etc...

the last 4 photos were taken at the last evening of Oma Ineke & Oom Jorrit with us

February activities...

dinner at the Moghbelpours (standing fr. L-R: Saba, Saba's uncle, Cllyv & Jonathan, Arnold, Sieni & Leily, Canan & Odelya. sitting fr. L-R: Sheehan, EM, Elfida & Tara...not in the photo are Menchie & Maarten)

the girls having desserts

Visit to Bahji on daddy Maarten's birthday

Enna-Marie & the celebrant at the Mansion of Baha'u'llah

Maarten's officemates who came at home just few minutes after arriving from Bahji to surprise & greet him (from L-R: Riyad, Peter, Peyman, Maarten & Lena)

blowing the candle together

our delicious cake that we shared with the friends

our family plus the baby in the tummy :-)...

then afterwards we went for dinner at the Laroyas

dinner at home with Lilia Foroozan who was visiting the Holy Land as pilgrim

EM's artworks from home & school that were submitted as entries to the recent Arts & Craft Show

Baha'i school children's visit to the House of the Master

children listening carefully to the story about their Holy Place visit

wedding reception of Indira & Isis Aquino

beautiful couple who recently got married in Nepal

best sisters Elfida & EM

ladies at the party: Menchie, Jocelyn, Canan & Remigia (Jocelyn is the new staff from the Philippines)

dinner hosted by Mr. & Mrs. Barnes in honor of Harika Sezgin who was visiting the World Centre, she shared with us some news about her pioneering post in Albania

dinner hosted by Lena & Gerardo who recently got married in Chile

brunch with the Filipino friends & spouses to hear some news from visiting consultant Holly Grace Miranda, and also hear Leila Ehsani & Anis Ragland's activities with the junior youth in the Philippines