van Duyse

About 6 weeks ago, Evelyne and I, after much prayer on the subject, received the clear answer that we needed to create a Leadership University in Benin.  It will empower young people in Benin to be leaders (1) in their personal live, (2) in business and (3) in making a difference in the community.  Today [...]

This morning Dad came up with the idea of interviewing the members about their lives before and after they joined the church. he put me in-charge!!! I love writing and interviewing people so this is really great!!! And I think you will really be touched be the stories of some of these people. I am going [...]

By the way happy late mother’s day, to all the women who’ve made a difference in my life! Thank you! In benin Mother’s day is the 3 of June so we didn’t relly do anything special yesterday, plus we where really busy. here is how it went…. Saturday there was a training for all the relief society. YW, [...]

It’s been a long time since you have had an update from me.  I am grateful for my daughter Aurelie that has kept blogging.  Without her dedication, you may have believed that we had disappeared. We have been quite busy here and it’s a good kind of busy. Let me share one aspect of the [...]

By the way you might want to go back and see some of my older posts, because i added those pictures I promised you. Thought you would like to know! Here are some pictures of children. This little guy was so happy to see us, he started to dance! This little girl was on the [...]

Sorry for making you wait so long. But I wanted to be able to put pictures in this post and w need fast internet………And finally we got it!!!!!! It’s not really fast but as fast as they get here . Come with me on a trip through the African Savannah!!!!!!!! Attention! Please do not get [...]

So….. It’s been a long time since I wrote  about what are living. And a lot of stuff has happened, so I’m going to list some and then you can tell me (by commenting) which one looks interesting to you. We went on a safari in February. I jumped down a waterfall, and did the [...]

I didn’t think Benin was a very pretty place when I first visited last November. The garbage in the streets and on the beach, the stench of the pollution did not leave me with a good impression. Now that I’ve been here for over two months, I can say the Savannah is wonderful to visit [...]

My biggest responsibility, besides managing our household, is seminary. I teach Bible Study to 12 to 18 year old youth. I started off February 2nd with a group of 6 and we are now beyond 15. Class starts at 6am from Monday to Friday. We are studying the Old Testament. Because there are 4 students [...]

I just have less than 30 minutes to write before my computer shuts down. The power is off again for the 2nd time today. I feel so grateful for the Hand of the Lord in my life, and mostly for his inspirations and the courage that comes when we try to do what He ‘moves’ [...]