Found: housing and job
Door: Hanneke
Blijf op de hoogte en volg Hanneke
13 September 2005 | Zweden, Upplands Väsby
I know it is a biblical promise that is often mentioned, but it simply is true: God provides! The last three weeks were quite intensive, for a lot of things were uncertain. Where was I going to live? How was I going to pay the rent? Did I have to spend my last savings on buying a ticket back 'home'?
All of these questions were answered. I got to live with a wonderful woman named Kathe - who is mother to my Coffeecow employer Johannes - in a family house in Upplands Väsby, a city north of Stockholm. She has been a teacher for 40 years (!) and loves to talk. At times, we talk and discuss for several hours over a nice glass of wine. She has showed me all her secret spots in the forest behind the house where she gathers mushrooms all summer and autumn.
And then, last Saturday, I got a job as a barrista in a very hectic and fun café called 'Store&Coffee' at Stockholm's central station. I mostly work morning shifts which means I get up before 05.00 to take the pendeltrain into the city where I start working at 06.00. It is fun and fulfilling work. There are no specific sets of tasks; every barrista takes an equal share in whatever needs to be done - dishes, cleaning tables, taking orders, making latte's, cash register, baking cinnamon cakes etc. - and that makes it variable and nice.
Autumn has arrived in Sweden. I first noticed on 1 September. There was something in the air... Although we have had much sun the past two weeks, there have also been immense rainfalls and the temperatures have dropped. It was 6 degrees Celsius when I left for my buss this early morning. I am very excited to see Stockholm in another season though. The face of the city changes.
I have also joined an international cellgroup in my Newlife church. There are people from Brazil, Philippines, the USA, Nigeria, Sweden and ... the Netherlands. We will study the book of Marc together. I look forward to getting to know the others better.
Lasty, I did buy a ticket 'home', but it is a return ticket. I will be in the Netherlands from Thursday 22 to Tuesday 27 September, so mail me or call my parents if you want to meet up!
All of these questions were answered. I got to live with a wonderful woman named Kathe - who is mother to my Coffeecow employer Johannes - in a family house in Upplands Väsby, a city north of Stockholm. She has been a teacher for 40 years (!) and loves to talk. At times, we talk and discuss for several hours over a nice glass of wine. She has showed me all her secret spots in the forest behind the house where she gathers mushrooms all summer and autumn.
And then, last Saturday, I got a job as a barrista in a very hectic and fun café called 'Store&Coffee' at Stockholm's central station. I mostly work morning shifts which means I get up before 05.00 to take the pendeltrain into the city where I start working at 06.00. It is fun and fulfilling work. There are no specific sets of tasks; every barrista takes an equal share in whatever needs to be done - dishes, cleaning tables, taking orders, making latte's, cash register, baking cinnamon cakes etc. - and that makes it variable and nice.
Autumn has arrived in Sweden. I first noticed on 1 September. There was something in the air... Although we have had much sun the past two weeks, there have also been immense rainfalls and the temperatures have dropped. It was 6 degrees Celsius when I left for my buss this early morning. I am very excited to see Stockholm in another season though. The face of the city changes.
I have also joined an international cellgroup in my Newlife church. There are people from Brazil, Philippines, the USA, Nigeria, Sweden and ... the Netherlands. We will study the book of Marc together. I look forward to getting to know the others better.
Lasty, I did buy a ticket 'home', but it is a return ticket. I will be in the Netherlands from Thursday 22 to Tuesday 27 September, so mail me or call my parents if you want to meet up!
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14 September 2005 - 12:38
Maris:
Hai Han, zeg wat is je nieuwe adres? Ik heb een kaart klaarliggen voor je maar nu moet er even een nieuw envelopje omheen!!
Kus Maris -
15 September 2005 - 11:39
Andries:
Gezellig dat je weer in het land komt! Kan niet wachten om je weer te zien, we moeten zeker wat afspreken. Heb je erg gemist! xxxx -
15 September 2005 - 11:41
Hanneke:
Maris, zal je mailen.
Andries, heb je soms een schuilnaam???? De enige Andries die ik kan bedenken is de jongen die PGL bezoekt, maar die ken ik niet zó goed als jouw reactie doet vermoeden... I am so puzzled, please enlighten me! -
16 September 2005 - 12:25
Ruud:
he Hanneke! zo te horen blijf je in zweden plakken of niet??? ben blij dat het ook de tweede keer weer goed is daar! Prima keuze gemaakt zo te horen! vanaf het griekse strand wens ik je het allerbeste en vooral: tot ziens!!!
r -
26 September 2005 - 16:59
Mirjam:
he hoi Hanneke, was goed om je aan de telefoon te horen, ik ga je na mijn werkvakantie nog mailen
God's zegen en heel veel fun, Mirjam -
29 September 2005 - 11:33
Pauline:
too late, lees net dat je afgelopen week even naar nederland heen en weer bent gesneakt...leuk weekie gehad?
wat grappig dat je in uplands vasby zit, daar hebben we een paar daagjes in het wild gekampeerd vlakbij het meer in de bush, 500m van de mac vandaan kwamen we later achter. -
30 September 2005 - 21:46
Mareille:
Hoi Hanneke, Leuk om je verhalen te lezen ! hier druk met de 40DD maar wel erug goed. Wat is het doel van mijn leven ? mmmm hoop erover een paar weken achter te komen. He een goeie tijd daaro ! -
05 Oktober 2005 - 09:11
Margot:
Hi Hanneke!
Nog van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag! Ik hoop dat je een fijne dag hebt gehad!
Liefs, Margot -
10 Oktober 2005 - 05:27
Marly:
hej Hanneke,
Hu var Holland? har du glömt mig, du talar inte om mit besök!!!! Hösten ser trevligt ut i skogen bakom dit hus. Har det bra!
Vi hörs,
Kram
Marly
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