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

Visiting families and friends to Haifa...

Charlie, Nika & Lilli Wong from United Kingdom visited the Holy Land recently

the Wongs and Schoots with Iman Yazdani sitting in the middle

buddies Charlie & Maarten with EM

Lilli playing in Kat Katim

Lilli & EM playing at home

beautiful daughters of Luster Lai who came for Pilgrimage with their parents. Luster (not in photo) is originally from the Philippines but now resides with her family in Australia

Oscar Domingo (wearing blue shirt) was also here on pilgrimage

group photo with the Mohajer family, Filipino friends serving at the World Centre with their families plus visiting friends & pilgrims

Visit at home
of Fleur & Hamed Sharafizad, kids Anis & Jordane, Flora Sharafizad & Oscar Domingo

lovely couple Fleur & Hamed

EM playing with Jordane, while Anis is busy writing with auntie Flora

reunion of Menchie, Oscar & Arnold...these three were old buddies back home who used to see each other in national gatherings such as national convention, summer/winter schools, youth camp & other youth activities. Oscar presently resides in Australia.