Jeff Adams

The teaching started this morning by talking about people groups and their relevancy to the Great Commission. Then, I did a session on tracing art through the history of Western Civilization. Time did not permit advancing beyond the Renaissance, Reformation and the Golden Age of Dutch painting. We need that because tomorrow we visit the Ryksmuseum. We’ll pick it up at and follow through to modern times on Monday.

Zaanse Schans

This afternoon we went to the “Windmill City” I mentioned yesterday. We got off the train and began our peaceful walk down the streets of a sleepy little town and right beside the cocoa factory with the wonderful aroma! As we got to the corner to cross the draw bridge to the other side of the river and little replica village that was our destination, imagine my surprise as we saw that the bridge was gone! They are replacing it. I stood speechless for moment thinking what in the world were we going to do. Asking some questions revealed that I had not paid attention to some signs pointing to a ferry that would take us to the other side. So, we reversed course a couple of blocks, found the ferry and got a nifty free boat ride to the other side, droped off right at the entrance to our destination. Very nice! We treated everyone to Dutch pancakes, gave them some time to shop and look around, then headed back on the train to Amsterdam.

Jeff and Cheryl in Zaanse Schans

The group stuck together tonight to head to Leidseplein and dinner at a little Italian place we have frequented for many years. Tomorrow we skip the teaching session because the Crossroads church we visit has added a third service and we must leave the hotel earlier than in previous years. It will be a full day and I will tell you about it tomorrow.