▁with ▁the ▁Bible "), ▁they ▁pray ed ▁every ▁day , ▁read ▁from ▁the ▁Bible ▁( which ▁was ▁used ▁to ▁find ▁a ▁solution ▁to ▁pretty ▁much ▁any ▁problem ) ▁and ▁went ▁to ▁church ▁every ▁Sunday . ▁ ▁Lub ach ▁was ▁ 1 1 ▁years ▁old ▁when ▁his ▁mother ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁breast ▁cancer . ▁She ▁died ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁The ▁loss ▁of ▁his ▁mother , ▁with ▁whom ▁he ▁was ▁very ▁close , ▁left ▁a ▁great ▁impact ▁on ▁him ▁and ▁increased ▁his ▁doub ts ▁about ▁religion . ▁After ▁primary ▁school , ▁he ▁went ▁to ▁the ▁Ma art ens col lege ▁in ▁Har en . ▁The ▁choice ▁was ▁made ▁in ▁part ▁because ▁his ▁father ▁had ▁promised ▁to ▁raise ▁the ▁children ▁religious ly ▁on ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁death bed . ▁ ▁At ▁the ▁Ma art ens col lege , ▁Lub ach ▁met ▁his ▁first ▁great ▁love , ▁on ▁whom ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁fict it ious ▁characters ▁in ▁his ▁later ▁work ▁were ▁based . ▁Lub ach ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁study ▁Spanish ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁G ron ingen . ▁When ▁he ▁lost ▁his ▁religion , ▁he ▁concluded ▁that ▁life ▁was ▁point less , ▁which ▁tempor arily ▁led ▁him ▁into ▁an ▁" exist ential ▁crisis ". ▁Later ▁he ▁decided ▁to ▁fill ▁this ▁void ▁by ▁developing ▁his ▁own ▁personal ▁sense ▁of ▁meaning . ▁Lub ach ▁then ▁quit ▁his ▁studies ▁and ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁tax i ▁driver ▁in ▁G ron ingen ▁for ▁several ▁months , ▁following ▁that ▁by ▁working ▁as ▁a ▁har bour master ▁on ▁V li eland