Sunday in Amsterdam

We went to another different church this past Sunday. It's called Christ's Chruch; an English speaking Anglican church that is over 300 years old here in Amsterdam. It was a very uplifting worship service with some very familiar songs to prick my heart; "Holy, Holy, Holy", "Days of Elijah", "Blessed Be Your Name". There were tears, but tears of joy & closeness with God. We met a young man who came in & sat beside us with his young 3 yr old son who had been a missionary in Howard Lake, MN!!! How strange is this?!

After church, we came home & had some lunch then took a walk (long walk) down the Amstel River. We saw lots of beautiful sights that I'll share but it was a beautiful day. I did get some "blues" later in the day...missing Super Bowl Sunday with my family! I was able to get it on ESPN.com; just a play-by-play description but Regan & Tyler Skyped with me the whole game & made it more fun. It didn't start until 12:30am here & ended about 4:30am!!! Needless to say, I slept in yesterday & just laid low!! I'm too old for that all night stuff!!

Christ's Church, where we worshipped Sunday. It was full by the time worship started.

Theatre Carre; the place to go for plays & concerts.

Amstel Hotel~very upscale

One of thousands of houseboats on the Amstel River & various canals.

Some are quite modern.

Magere Brug or "Skinny Bridge"

Skulling...is that what this is called?

Hope you're all enjoying my pictures of this amazingly beautiful city. I feel very blessed & privileged to be living here in this fairy tale place. Tot zeins!!