“Nothing lasts, except for change.” That’s what Dutch author Jan Greshoff once said. This is so applicable to the phase of life that Eva and I have ended up in. You probably heard that Eva gave birth to our twin boys Miles and William on March 10.
Our little boys are growing really well and bring lots of joy to our house, but also lots of change. We’re happy that they have been sleeping through the night for quite a while now. But during the day they are not always to happy if we put them down for their nap. In the beginning of September Eva will go back to work and the boys will go into daycare for three days a week.
Three Church Planters Roundtables… one more to go!
Because of the birth of our boys I have been able to travel considerably less since the beginning of this year. The only things I did outside of Holland were co-hosting some Church Planters Roundtables (CPR) for Europe Advance in Zürich (Switzerland) and Stenungsund (near Gothenburg, Sweden) besides the one I hosted in our church in Hilversum.
In total, about 80 pastors and (potential) 
church planters have attended these CPRs so far. We’ll do one more this year in Braunschweig, Germany, on October 28/29. My good friend Greg Surratt from Seacoast Church in Charleston, South Carolina, will be the main trainer.
Austria trip next week
In just a week from now we’ll drive the 1000 kilometers (600 miles) to Eva’s home town in Upper Austria. This will be a family visit and vacation, but I will also speak at the Freie Christengemeinde Linz, Eva’s home church, on August 15. It’s a great church pastored by Martin Griesfelder, a young, visionary leader.
US trip from October 4-11
And in October I will be traveling to the US to connect with pastors in the Atlanta area about church planting in Europe on October 5, speak at Seacoast‘s First Wednesday service on October 6, connect with pastors in the Raleigh area about Europe on October 8, spend a day with John Siebeling at The Life Church in Memphis on October 9 and share about church planting in Europe during the Sunday services at C3 Church, pastored by Matt Fry, in Clayton, NC. It will be a busy time, but I am really looking forward to it. I will really miss Eva and the boys…
My goal with all of this is that people in and outside of Europe will be inspired to believe that our continent can again be reached with the life-changing message of Jesus Christ. I believe with all of my heart that that is possible. Things do need to change. We need to really focus on planting many new life-giving, relevant churches and revitalize existing churches if we want to see breakthrough happen. Change is needed and you can be a catalyst in bringing that change!
Support needed for our upcoming transition
One more thing that will change is that in November my second four-year term as General Secretary with the Dutch Pentecostal movement (the VPE) will end. I really enjoyed serving this movement for those eight years, 
but I am sensing in my spirit that I need to focus my energy on my roles as Lead Pastor of Thousand Hills International Church and Lead Team member of church planting network Europe Advance.
I am glad that I get paid part-time by Thousand Hills, but I need to raise funds for the one to two days per week that I will work with Europe Advance and the expenses that I will incur in conjunction with this role.
Before November I still need to raise a significant part of the 1200 euro (1500 USD) that we need per month. Would you pray with us and consider helping our family on a monthly basis? Click here if you want to find out how you can give by credit card, PayPal, bank transfer or check.
