My father (1932 - 2004) had no idea that his granddaughter would become a Christian Reformed pastor in 2017 or that he had generations of 'dominees' in his family, as far back as the Dutch Reformation. But recent work with My Heritage has uncovered five centuries of faithfulness and a

Tijdens Henry en Wendy's reis door Europa deze zomer bezochten ze Oom Teus en Tante Pieta met Jaap en Aagie op weg naar Kasteel de Haar. Tijdens die koffietijd legde Henry de verhalen vast die Oom Teus vertelde over het leven op de boerderij in de beginjaren.

In the summer of 2023, Wendy and Henry explored parts of Holland and Europe as well, before and after the van der Laan extended family reunion in Stadskanaal.