Today is Easter Sunday, and I’m spending it in Amsterdam with my Outreach Team. We arrived in Amsterdam around 9:30 yesterday morning, and we’ve been spending the past twenty-four hours settling in and combating jet lag, everyone seems to be doing alright adjusting so far, even the three children on our team. It is so good to be back in this beautiful city. I guess I didn’t realize just how much I really do love Amsterdam.
It’s going to be interesting being here the second time around. I don’t really know what to expect being here on an outreach team. It’s not that I’m not comfortable with the city, or that I’m intimidated doing ministry here, but I’m very much used to doing life here more independently, going into the city on my watch, having free time to use as I chose, simply spending more time alone. During the IMI we spent a lot of time together, but even then we had more independence, so doing this with fourteen other people, being very intentional about spending as much time together as possible, is definitely a change for me. It will be interesting to see how this month plays out.
Sidenote: Many people have identified a spirit of isolation over this city, and maybe I’m buying into it, but i really love being alone here. It doesn’t necessarily make me feel alone, it just makes me want to be alone with God. I think a big part of it is the fact that the only way I’ve known living in Amsterdam has been in a prayer internship that focuses intensely on intimacy with God, so my natural instinct here is to get alone with God. Also, I’m dying to hop on a bike and say hello to all the things I’ve missed here, hopefully this week’s schedule allows for it.
I’m going to do my best to update this weekly or biweekly, depending on our internet availability at our outreach locations. Hopefully in the weeks to come I will be able to post some pictures.
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