2014

Archives of writings while finding Home Along the Way

Moments In Time

Moments In Time

by | Dec 31, 2014 | Family Update, Photos

Happy New Year's Eve!!! As our final post here for 2014 we've showing some snapshots of recent life here in our Kortman household.  We think these random shots of 'real life' are really fun to look at in order to review our last few months and we thought  you might...
2014 Recap

2014 Recap

by | Dec 26, 2014 | Family Update

What a year it's been! We haven't written in a while mostly due to a shift in focus and frankly our lives in the states are much like our life in the states used to be. It's typically easier in your home culture, and so we ended up shifting priorities to other things....
Three Visits to Naval Hill

Three Visits to Naval Hill

by | Nov 13, 2014 | Travel Update

We were blessed with not one, not two, but THREE visits to Naval Hill in our 3 day stay in Bloemfontein. It helped that entrance is free and we were staying only a 3 minute drive away! Visit #1 We took Tina with us on our first time up to Naval Hill.  Tina is the...
The Next Stop

The Next Stop

by | Oct 26, 2014 | Family Update

Raking Leaves at our rental   This autumn in Michigan has been absolutely gorgeous!!!!! The colors of the trees were astounding and we were glad to have been back in Michigan to see them. Life for the Kortmans has returned to the "normal" that we find a few weeks...
The Next Chapter: Returning Home?

The Next Chapter: Returning Home?

by | Sep 30, 2014 | Travel Update

Wait, what did you say? Returning home? But home is a relative thing. Yup, home is relative; it's where we lay our head. While we've been gone from Michigan for only 6 months we've moved a ton during that time (20 different houses/apartments at last count). And so we...