NICO’S BLOG

Mumbai fish market by dawn I was invited to speak in Mumbai (India) at a Christen business leaders conference. I decided to invite Anita to join me and then extend our trip to also visit the …

I have been thinking about “storing up treasures in heaven” and what Jesus’ words really mean. Jesus warned us when He said, “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths a …

Helsinki at sunset In 2014/5 our family started planning the building of an additional 8 classrooms at the Eduplex High School, which would also contain a heritage boardroom / guest centre w …

Lutheran Temppeliaukio Church in Helsinki, Finland This has been a crazy, upside-down year. One international trip after the other and in-between the endless meetings. Then, when I try to ge …

St George’s church Over Easter one of our senior audiologists and I paid a quick visit to a very dear friend (96 and battling with his hearing), in the small town of Poulithra, about 4 hours …

Will, taking Nico and Anita on a side-car sightseeing trip in New York. It has been a long time since my last blog – my apology. It’s been a difficult year battling with my and Anita’s healt …

I am catching myself having more and more negative thoughts. The 10+ hour power outages, numerous traffic accidents due to people recklessly charging through traffic lights that don’t work, …

The world is in turmoil. Darkness has descended over our country with power outages up to 12+ hours a day. People are losing their jobs and livelihoods due to corruption, greed and theft.  “ …

Over the years I have had many men and women in my office not completely happy with their spouses. They asked for advice on quick fixes, and although I am not a marriage counselor, I could s …