We are Roy, Angela, Nathan and Luke Verrips, a Christian family living in Naperville, Illinois. We are originally from South Africa, but spent almost 15 years living as a family in the Middle East.

We moved from Dubai towards then end of 2016, where we lived for most of our time in the gulf, but in between a few moves within Dubai, we have also lived a year in Abu Dhabi, and two years in Doha, Qatar. We are a bible believing Christian family who strive to put God at the center of our household.

We are currently members of New Covenant Church Naperville. We pray and trust that God will continue to strengthen us in His mercy and grace, and that we may be a blessing to those He brings across our path.

Our God is a gracious and merciful God!

Yours in Him

The Verrips Family

(Updated September 2018)

Roy works as Intranet Systems Manager for the Hyatt Hotels Corporation in downtown Chicago – Aside from spending time with his family he loves reading and does a little php, mysql, html5, css and laravel “on the side”. You can contact or follow Roy on the following networks:

Angela works from home (i.e. is a housewife) raising and homeschooling Nathan and Luke. She also helps out as Administrative Assistant for three days a week at our church. Angela is an excellent cook and her oven baked Macaroni-and-Cheese is legendary. She also enjoys baking cookies and other treats, so come hungry! Angela can be reached on the social network links below:

Nathan is seventeen, and loves boardgames, reading and programing things. He is level headed and will often pause before answering a question you may ask him - We have discovered this is because he likes to prepare the best answer before sharing. The best answer could however also be the wittiest or weirdest one you may expect though, so use that pause to prepare yourself. :) He further loves learning French and also helps edit and update a church website in South Africa.

Rachel was born in March 2004 with CMV (i.e. Cytomegalo Virus) – She had chronic hepatitides and severe jaundice from birth that eventually lead to complete liver failure, and she went to be with our Lord in November 2004.
Her constant smile touched everyone it fell upon and we are honoured that God shared her with us and made her part of our family, even for such a short time.

Luke is twelve years old, loves life and is adamant on living it to the full. In one word, everything in Luke's life is "Superlative". You'll often see Luke jumping, swinging an imaginary sword or hurling pretend fireballs, often accompanied with very real spit drenched blast noises. Luke also seems to constantly be singing either show tunes (especially Les Miserables) or Grey Haven songs - He'll also be the loudest one talking in the room, even if it's just regular conversation. (Yes, thank you for asking, we have had his hearing tested)

We are a Christian (Evangelical/Reformed/Protestant) family who believe the Bible to be God's true word. The below 7-minute video is a brief summary and explaination of "What a Christian is" and "What it is Christian's Believe".

What is a Christian?

If you have any questions, feel free to email us.