tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post3590957638314783013..comments2014-01-08T16:46:23.767-05:00Comments on The View From Our Window: It's About Time!Mike Steinbornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01214348806059195775noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post-73058130333179105012008-08-27T02:25:00.000-04:002008-08-27T02:25:00.000-04:00Hello Mike and Kathy,Mike,you were here year or 2 ...Hello Mike and Kathy,<BR/>Mike,you were here year or 2 ago, I don't recall your visit, but vaguely remeber you, I do recall we ate supper at Rose's restaurant, and you showed me some slides of the old AofG house in Zabre, where we also lived in 1981 for a year, My memory is working again since about New Years, and the 8 years prior to that are a fog. But I thank the Lord for every new day He gives me, my younger brother wasn't so lucky.<BR/>I have been combining the past month, for a good friend, German immigrant 25 years ago,it is a huge Cat combine, and he has 1200 acres here, all organic, and is an organic grains and oilseed dealer, exporting to Belgium, Germany. He is gone to Regina to check on his crops there, another 1000 acres organic spelt and canola. I was to meet him on Sunday in Regina, had to spread liquid manure yesterday and today--a business I started last year, we bought a large pump from Quebec, and 2 trucks, 4000gal, I have some drivers--neighbours, but they all took a long weekend, so I had to drive.<BR/>I am planning to go in partnership with my german neighbour/friend, the organic farmer//grain exporter, since I am fluent in Dutch and French, he wants me to deal with his Belgian clients, Rose and I plan to buy land in Sask, and a combine, so I can look after our interests there, flying out for planting, harvest, and Harro (my partner) will occupy his busy schedule handling customers/clients/grains etc. Since my severe back problems have been cured after the brain tumour surgery, and my memory is coming back, I have an urge to do something productive--I applied with a NGO in Toronto, as a community dev consultant, and they want me to take a field position based in Accra or Ouagadougou, resonsilbe for resettling people displaced by surface gold mining in northern Ghana and Burkina. They asked my salary expectations, and availablity. It is 7 weeks on and 3 weeks off, so Rose and I could visit with her family avery two months, in winter, or come to Canada for 3 weeks to run the farming operation. But we will see.<BR/>Please greet Emmanual Souga and his lovely wife, surely they will remember us!!!!!!!! And greet Fernand and Therese Banse, Esther and Fabienne Gouba.<BR/>Wishing you Gods blessings in your work, and may He bring you safely to Zabre,<BR/>your friends Hendrik and RoseHendrik Koskamphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15186475932521574436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post-75281617125624852822008-04-02T08:23:00.000-04:002008-04-02T08:23:00.000-04:00Hi Mike & Cathy - I just wanted to say hi and let ...Hi Mike & Cathy - I just wanted to say hi and let you know that I'm listening in with interest.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post-86234488383031533572008-04-01T09:27:00.000-04:002008-04-01T09:27:00.000-04:00"Coming soon to a theater near you" - posting an i..."Coming soon to a theater near you" - posting an itinerary too?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136520652574288689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post-35850012051000047972008-03-31T23:12:00.000-04:002008-03-31T23:12:00.000-04:00So are we! Just a little detour to Burkina before...So are we! Just a little detour to Burkina before we head off to the States, eh? Do you think that would qualify as adequate cross-cultural training for our trip? :PMike Steinbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214348806059195775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4416509783300964786.post-9840455031419462782008-03-31T22:09:00.000-04:002008-03-31T22:09:00.000-04:00Hey!! Good idea!! Looking forward to our trip to ...Hey!! Good idea!! Looking forward to our trip to Ouaga on Friday!!Ron and Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786959977202170343noreply@blogger.com