Nov
27
Leuven Bears
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Roel and I went to a Leuven Bears game last. It was so fun and so American! From the songs they played during the game to the blimp to the other team’s coach getting kicked out…very…very American! I was fortunate to get free tickets from Ian Hanavan. He has been on an AIA basketball tour and [...]
Nov
25
Never in America…
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Today has been an interesting day. We had a meeting in Hasselt with a woman who works with another sports ministry called SportQuest. It was really good to hear about what they do and see ways that we could partner together. Then the randomness of the day came. There has been a basketball player I [...]
Nov
23
Back in Leuven
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I arrived in Leuven this morning…an hour earlier than scheduled…have you ever heard of a plane arriving an hour early? The plane was pretty empty so lots of open seats. Even though I had two seats, I still was unable to get a decent sleep. But I was pleasantly surprised when I smelt breakfast, which [...]
Jul
23
Leaving Leuven
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It has been almost a week since I’ve left Belgium. My flight out of Brussels was delayed 3 hours (something about the brakes of the plane not working…) I seriously considered staying. I’m out in beautiful Colorado for our staff conference, but my thoughts and my heart are still in Belgium. There were so many [...]
Jul
13
I can now say that I have been to a Belgian hospital. We were doing gymnastic work yesterday with the pole vaulters. There is a gymnastics room at the university and things were going well. I even got some things in Then we did some rope climbing. I got about a little over halfway up [...]