Like the Philippines

No water, shouted Samuel! Dad, no water! And he was right. No water. The pump broke down. Deja-vue from the Philippines. It just felt familiar. I recalled all droughts but also when we where flooded and were out of drinking water. Collected buckets and went off to the nearest water station: the parish house in […]

We miss Eastern!

Yes we miss the way we celebrated eastern in the Philippines. I showed some pictures the other day on how Eastern was celebrated in our town Iloilo, all processions, the play with Jesus and the disciples, all scenes played in the Church, the brass band etc. The swedish congregation was impressed. Wow, they really celebrated […]

The Swedish Snowman

Some days ago two persons on snowmobile outside Umeå, in the north of Sweden, found a man trapped in a car. He was very weak and could hardly speak. And there were reasons for his poor condition: he had been in the car for 2 months, before Christmas, and with no food. He drank only […]