Kammala jumla mai zuwa: A watan Maris na 1938 Balink ya yi hijira zuwa Amurka, ya zama ɗan ƙasa, kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin ɗan jarida na jaridar Dutch, "de Volkskrant". Ƙididdigar Ƙasar Amirka ta 1940 ta nuna cewa yana zaune a Queens, New York, tare da matarsa, Lydia. Daga New Jersey da shekaru goma sha biyu ƙuruciyarsa, Lydia ta yi aiki tare da Balink a matsayin sakatarensa. A 1948, ya wallafa wani binciken tattalin arziki na Caribbean, "My Paradise is Hell". A cikin shekarun 1950 ya kafa kuma ya shirya mujallar, "The Knickerbocker", wani littafin da aka yi wa 'yan Amurkan Holland. Mujallar ta taimaka sosai wajen barin dan wasan kwallon kwando na Dutch, Han Urbanus ya horar da New York Giants. Urbanus ya yi amfani da wannan ƙwarewar don ci gaba da haɓaka ƙwallon baseball a Netherlands. Hakanan a cikin 1950s, Balink ya jagoranci kwamitin don Kyautar William the Silent don Aikin Jarida. A farkon 1953 ya yi aiki a matsayin zartarwa na Holland Flood Relief Inc., wanda ya taimaka wajen daidaita ayyukan agaji a lokacin ambaliyar.
Ambaliyar Tekun Arewa ta 1953. Balink ya kasance dan wasan tennis mai son aiki.