Fruits

I will still very quickly write a message from Perth.
For my DTS outreach, we went to Japan and this weekend came the first Japanese staff to our base. In fact it is a couple and she is from Japan. But the best thing is that they are here because two years ago, we met them at a concert in which he played an instrument. And since then they have been interested in coming to Perth. So they will be here for 1 year. It's really cool to see more fruit after so long!
Today I had my last BLS class.

Last homeworks for the BLS

Yes, today I made my last duty for the BLS training I followed over the last two years. The graduation ceremony will happen during my holidays. Holidays which will begin in a few days! :-)
During my last day in the kitchen, I was able to observe a principle of leadership that I read in the book for which I made the report (Courageous leaders). The principle is to have a over whole objective and not lose sight even if circumstances change. And this is what happened on Friday. Our objective was to prepare food for all the tables for lunch. We shad 4 left to do when I wanted to put 4 plates of pasta in the warmer. Unfortunately, I took it badly and they all fell on the ground. Fortunately only one lid opened and we were able to recover the other three dishes (for 24 persons). So now we had again 5 tables to provide food for. And there I was impressed by the calm of the leader, she went to see what else we could do. And so, after hurrying up, we could provide food for everyone! :-)
Saturday was a beautiful day. In the morning we had breakfast with the staffs and students of Compassion DTS 2008 and 2009. Everything was prepared on the BBQ (grill) pancakes, bacon, hash brown, fried eggs, French toast and eggs in a hole. It was really cool. Then I could mow the lawn for the first time wearing a T-shirt! :-) (For us it's still winter). And in the evening there was a birthday party during which we did games and eat good homemade ice cream cakes.
Voila, the next message will be from Switzerland or maybe from somewhere on the way to Switzerland.

Planning my holidays

The planning for my holiday is all happening. Between the 40 years YWAM Lausanne, the 45 years of Flambeaux (boy scouts) Lausanne, the weekend with the Stami (home church), time in the mountains with my parents, visiting people in Bern and Lausanne (of course), I will not get bored and I'm looking forward to it a lot!
About being bored, I didn't get bored this week! Indeed both DTS and the school of music in mission (SOMM) will leave the base two weeks earlier to go to a conference of the University of he nations in Cape Town (www.uofnworkshop.com) and Wednesday was the dead line for them to pay for their outreach, thus there was much more work for us in the office account. Thursday it was chocolate selling day for our property found (we do it once a month during the winter).
Tuesday evening, I could go and play volleyball in the sports hall with the sports DTS. They lacked a player, so they asked me. I had a lot of fun, despite the defeat, a defeat that was very short (23-25, 26-28; didn't have enough time to finish the third set).
Ah yes, the plane tickets are purchased and I will be in Switzerland from 04.09.09 to 25.09.09. So my birthday will be in Switzerland and I'll probably also celebrate it in Perth! :-)

Holidays

Yes, in less than 3 weeks I'll be on holiday and I will go to Switzerland! So between the 05.09 and the 23.09 (dates may change slightly depending on the airline ticket that I will get), if you are in Switzerland and want to see me, let me know quickly because my agenda has already started to get filled. I am looking forward to seeing you again after almost 2 years for most of you, the Swiss who read me.
This Friday, in the cuisine, I learned to make fried rice (for lunch). And for dinner we made pizzas. Many pizzas! Around 150 pizzas. Now I understand why this is not a meal that we often get! :-)
Tonight, as I went out of the house to go to dinner, I saw a couple who looked towards our house. They told immediately me that there was a cane with her ducklings that were trying to get under our fence. Indeed, the ducklings were on the other side, but the cane couldn't make it. Finally she succeeded and we had a cane with her 6 or 7 ducklings crossing our backyard one behind the other. A unique sight!

White Sauce

For the English blog, the race to be the first to write a comment (beside me) is still on. Who will win it?

This week, I learned how to prepare a white sauce! :-) For the month of August, as part of BLS, every Friday I will serve in the kitchen. And that's where I learned how to prepare a white sauce (for 64 people :-))

Thursday evening, we had a very fruitful discussion with a Nepali studying in Perth. He answered many questions about politics, the culture, geography ... of his country. I am trying to write down what the project in Nepal might look like. Therefor this discussion was very useful. It is a brand new area for me to do the planning of a project like this. It's a new challenge.

I have good news and one that I hope will get better! The first is that two people said they'd support me financially every month! And the second is that my laptop has restarted a second time and that we could save my data. I hope that I will soon be able to write that it is repaired (because since then it has not restarted).
This weekend, I did not bake a cake (actually, the lemon one has been much appreciated!) but I have mowed the lawn (for those who have forgotten what my house looks like)

future

Where to start with?
I had a busy week, but full of good news. Due to the push for finance, in the office of accounting, we had more work, but also we could also hear all the good news how God provided through other people. Other good news are, my new passport has already arrived (and now also my identity card) and my laptop started during one evening (but hasn't started anymore since then :-/).
Some asked me how my personal financial situation is. Currently I have some people who support me and I still have some savings from before my DTS, which will not last forever, so I need more partners to support me.
Perhaps you have noticed the picture of the title of the blog has changed a few weeks ago. It shows people of the country of the summit of the world, where I feel called to get involved in the longer term, by providing medical assistance. The how and when is yet to be defined exactly, but to start with, in January, I'm going to do the IPHC (Introduction to primary Health Care) school. A 6 months school, here in Perth. And then I will return to Switzerland for the wedding of my brother.
On a different note, last night we had a "dance party" and, among other things, we were taught a few swing steps. It was great fun! :-)