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

September-October photos...

a big smile at Tara's 3rd birthday

new hairdo

busy with hand painting

visit to Chava, EM's previous teacher in Gan

wearing her favorite Mauritian skirt that she makes a dress

swimming at Zelon, Tiberias

camping at Zelon, Tiberias

camping at Zelon, Tiberias

with Lara & Sina Alavi who recently came for pilgrimage

our family

Dutch visitors

We invited some Dutch friends at our place last night who are visiting Haifa, the Kouchekzadehs (Monib, his parents and grandmother) and the Lie-Tahzib family (San, Bahia, Nadia & Amy). We had dinner together and we got to know a bit more about these two families.

Farah's visit

Our friend Farah Moshirian from Australia visited the Holy Land recently and we were happy to get a chance to see her again when we invited her to visit us at home (Edinah also joined us, as well as the Laroyas and Aquinos). She came and served here at the World Centre in the Department of Statistics until the year 2000. Her visit was short but nice and we will certainly see her again when she comes back next year for pilgrimage, this time she will be with her husband Bruce.

All girls photo

and the group one...

the little girls with tita Rhea

Maarten with the three ladies who used to serve in Stats department.