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June 1, 2011 By Janneke

End of the World 5/21 (Almost)

End of the world descends on Gilroy – disaster averted Most of us didn’t tell our children that Saturday, May  21 was end of the world day. There’s always the possibility that the math was wrong. And more importantly, most of us believe in protecting children from extra-bad news like end of the …

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May 5, 2011 By Janneke

Mission, Higher Calling, Leah's Heart

May is Mission Month for this site. Jobsisbrown.com’s mission is to offer a search for meaning in the pain,  love and light After...World War II. Leah's Heart, is Ginny Carlson's mission.  I wish I knew Ginny better, however I am fortunate because I see her at retreat related events and my place of …

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April 8, 2011 By Janneke

30 DoL Louis Zamperini – Trust 2 in the Depths of WWII

Creating Hope to Survive from Rage, Creating Hope to Survive from Trust The energy that fuels our survival comes from different sources. For Louis Zamperini, he starved but survived on a diet of rage at his cruelest captor, nicknamed "The Bird." As he went from one terifying ordeal to another, this …

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Janneke Jobsis Brown
Following Shadows is inspired by my own story. As a survivor of an international childhood with parents who were World War II survivors, I know the generational after-effects of starvation and slave labor in Japanese concentration camps for my father, and the terror of Nazi occupation for my mother. I know the challenges of struggling to feel at home across three countries: The Netherlands, Iran and America.

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