http://www.rootsandbeyond.com Daniel und Irene Kort Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:14:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On February 4th, 1948 Sri Lanka achieved its independence from the British colony to become the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. This year, 2010, Sri Lanka celebrates its 62nd anniversary of Independence. It holds much significance for the people, since it is the first celebration of national unity since ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2010/02/04/unabhangigkeitstag-in-sri-lankaindependence-day-in-sri-lanka/ Since today is a holiday, we thought of going to a little zoo, that is only about half an hour away. Together with Jasmine and her son Kevin and Jen, we spent the morning at Guruge-Park. The kids really enjoyed the change. Josias really has a heart for animals. He ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2009/11/02/gurunge-park/ The last few weeks the weather has been very hot and humid here. Sometimes we reach temperaturea up to 104°F (40°C) in our house, since there is pretty much no wind outside. Then we can't help but take a trip to the beach to enjoy the sunset together with our ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2009/04/02/fruhling-in-sri-lanka-spring-in-sri-lanka/ Josias turned one year on the 18th of July. Since we didn't celebrate Jocy's 2nd birthday in the end of February, we celebrated her birthday together with Josias. There were about 20 people in our house that day. The wife of our houseowner made the birthday cake for Josias ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2008/08/10/lang_degeburtstags-partylang_de/ Dear friends, finally he arrived!! Josias Daniel was born on the 18th of July 2007 at 9:35 a.m. in the city of Siegburg. He was 50 cm (19 3/4") long and was weighing 3460 g (7lb 10oz). Everything went very well, praise God! From the first contraction till giving birth was ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2007/07/23/lang_dejosias-daniel-ist-auf-der-weltlang_delang_enjosias-daniel-arrived-lang_en/ The song I just wrote "His Peace" gives you an idea of what God is teaching me right now. Circumstances in life can easily rob us from the peace that is meant to be beyond comprehension. Whatever the circumstances, the God of Peace stands above it.I was very encouraged ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2007/03/14/lang_enhis-peacelang_en/ Some of you might know us pretty well, others not so much. And it definitively takes more than a letter to get to know us. But the idea is, to let you have a peek into our heart. To write about what we are up to and our plans for ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2006/11/20/lang_dedas-herzlang_delang_enthe-heartlang_en/ Info Sri Lanka http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2006/11/12/from-the-director/ I recently read the book of Revelation, and I was fascinated with the first three chapters of the book. There might be some deeper meanings about the churches, but there are enough applications, which we can easily understand and put into practice. You don't need to be a prophet, in ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2006/05/28/das-buch-offenbarung/ As you might have heard, we are mission candidates with Adventive Cross Cultural Initiative (ACCI). The headquarter is in Canada, but it has also an office in the US. ACCI is mainly active in Europe, but not limited to. Our goal is it, to be involved in a Christian ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2006/04/21/sri-lanka/