Chava and Liesbeth (contd.)

My dear Friends
Some of my more conservative friends in the Church were a bit concerned that I was having my first real Christmas in Amsterdam,but Chava and Lies took me a very traditional Jesuit Church, complete with choir and orchestra! Afterwards I prayed in the Lady Chapel, dedicated to the Virgin Mary, and I felt her hands on my shoulders.

When we were all in Israel, I had got to know a Calvinist Christian man and his family who asked me get in touch with him in Holland. I stayed in his house by the sea outside Amsterdam, just for one night, but it was enough to learn of his important work among the prostitutes, who were mainly from Catholic countries. He and his team brought them healing and shared the Gospel with them. His family were delightful and after dinner I took a walk near the sea front with his wife. The sky was full of stars and I was able to share at a very deep level with her. Their daughter was engaged to a man who was not from the same sect, and the next morning the daughter confided to me that she was looking for a church to marry them-she was even interested in the Catholic church!

Some time later, I visited them in their office in Amsterdam. I had a few hours to spare, so I went into a cafe in the city. The waiter brought me a menu-25 types of cannabis! But I only want a coffee, I said. that's okay, madam, he replied, we do that too!

More later
Shalom from
Sister Gila