Hey all. Yes, it's been a while since I posted anything here. We are settling in more and more to regular life here in The Hague, and in the meantime it has been quite a busy time here with Good Friday, Easter, and other things here at Crossroads. To top it off, my computer has been somewhat incapacitated.
Easter weekend was a good weekend for Crossroads. We had a Good Friday service Friday evening (which works better for lighting in a room with windows--no daylight). There were about 200 people in attendance. It was an evening of lament, meditation, and worship. It was the best service at Crossroads since we have been here.
On Easter Sunday we also saw very good attendance totalling about 325. This is very high given how many people leave town on holidays like Easter.
On a side note, the Dutch version of Sesame Street is called "Sesamstraat." The theme song is loosely based on the version we North Americans all know so well. The rest of the show has a very Dutch/European feel to it. The most interesting thing to me, however, is that Big Bird--that gigantic perpetually 6-year old yellow flightless bird--is BLUE in the Netherlands.
Just thought i'd share.
