WE'VE GOT JOY JOY JOY DOWN IN OUR HEARTS.

HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR LAST WEEK!!
#1. Monday - We painted our hearts out in the dining hall for the base. The goal was to paint many things to decorate for and bless the people who live here constantly! While we were painting many people from the community came down and soon we were having a community paint night... it was pretty cool. We also went around the city and chalked some more, and Heather had an incredible encounter with a woman in one of the parks in Amsterdam.
#2. Tuesday- We woke up at 3:30 in the morning, interceded for the red light, and then went with Jacob, our host, to the red light district with buckets of chalk and card board signs of purity and the Lord's beauty. What did we do with these? Duct taped them to walls around the red light and chalked truth about the women and men who passed through the red light on the side walk and the walls. We also may or may not have spray painted some of the ply wood boards with God's truths as well. It was amazing. We also slept for a while after that, and then painted more around the base.#3. Wednesday - We went for an outreach with our host Jacob to the Southeast part of Amsterdam. When we got back we had a fire burning in us so we marched down to the red light and we sang worship songs on the corner of one of the entrances. The Lord moved powerfully, and we were fully and completely covered in His protection. From that moment on, we have fully dived into the journey that God has put on our hearts - to bring the walls down in the Red Light District.

#4. Thursday - We wrote Melissa Gomez encouraging cards and then went to the Tabernacle to praise and worship, and afterwards we began on our Jericho walk around the Red Light. We call it this for a reason.... not just because we think it sounds cool!! The Lord was speaking the story of Jericho to us months before we came here; that we were coming to Amsterdam to bring the walls down around the red light district and shake it's foundations so that the wall could be rebuilt in the Lord's glory. The previous night when we worshipped on the corner of the Red Light the Lord spoke to us all individually about marching around the Red Light and praying to bring the walls down around the perimeter of the district, and to do so like the story of Jericho. We also realized that we had exactly 14 days left in our trip for this.... 7 days to bring the wall down, and 7 days to "rebuild" it, so every day since then we have prayer walked around the district.

#5. Friday - We went with the Staff to Zaanse Schans and got to spend a lot of time with them, exploring the Dutch culture! Wind mills, cheese... we even got to be in a picture for a dutch news paper. Jesus loves us :) And after we went for our prayer walk and then we shopped for the womens night we were having on Saturday. We got to have a real Venezuelen dinner that was amazing!! And then we stayed up all night and interceded for the city until 5 in the morning - praying through the darkness.#6. Saturday - We slept from 5 in the morning until 1 or 2 and then proceeded to bake (from scratch....without recipes...) for our womens night! We made muffins and chocolate chip cookies and had fruit and coffee and our womens night was an incredible success. 15 women came and got to bless everyone with time to relax and have community with each other, and it was truly one of the best nights that we've had.

Now we are entering into our last week and the time has gone by so fast! We can't believe that we only have days left to be here, so please pray that we finish strong in everything we do and that the Lord gets all the glory! We will be home in a little over a week... and see all of your lovely faces. We miss you all, very much, and will be reunited soon. Until then, goodbye!
Zaanse Schans (the old windmills)