http://www.rootsandbeyond.com Daniel und Irene Kort Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:41:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last Sunday, we celebrated Josias' 3rd birthday. He really enjoyed it being in the center of attention. We are really thankful having Josias be part of our family. He really likes animals and he loves to cuddle, his favorite color right now is orange, he likes to eat eggs and ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2010/07/24/josias-wird-3-jahrejosias-turns-3/ While ironing (and the kids are napping), I am listening to the “Simple Prayer … Simple Life” series of Joyce Meyer. And I have to admit, that God showed me some important things, which I want to put into practice in my life. Let me share some of them with ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2010/06/30/friede-und-freudepeace-and-joy/ Have we shown you pictures of our papaya tree? We planted the seeds in January 2009 and got our first seven fruits in April 2010! . Papaya is very rich in Vitamin C. We eat it just fresh or make some papaya juice or cook jam out of it. Look how ... http://www.rootsandbeyond.com/2010/05/29/papaya-baumpapaya-tree/ 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 the ... 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/