Jeff Adams

It’s now one in the morning here in Amsterdam, so I’ll keep this short.

This morning we began the teaching portion of this trip as I taught about our mission to make disciples of all peoples. We discussed what makes a people group and how many of there are in the world (over 16,000 and over 40% have no access to the Gospel). We also learned about culture, what it is and how to use it as a vehicle for communication.

This afternoon several wanted to see a replica Dutch village only about a 15 minute train ride away so they could explore Dutch culture as it used to be, complete with romantic-looking windmills, cheese and wooden shoes.

Concertbebouw

When many people hear the word culture, they think of art, music and literature. That’s not really the whole picture of what we were talking about this morning, but we decided we needed some of that culture, too. So we all headed for a short walk from our hotel to the world famous Concertgebouw for a symphony concert. We had great seats and I think even those who are not classical music fans enjoyed the evening.

One fun thing happened today. Gina E is a flight attendant and discovered just yesterday that she was working a flight to Amsterdam. She popped up on my Face Book asking if she could hang out with us today during her 24 hours here. Of course! We had a blast and it was great to see her. It really is a small world, isn’t it?