It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Alarm going off at 9:00 am, i turned it off and reset it for 9:30. After showering, running some errands, and scavaging for my pearls. I arrived at North Lawn parking lot around 12:30. Then, we were off, not to see Hesston or KS anytime soon. Airports are always an adventure! Upon arriving, we found that our plane was delayed an hour, which means our connecting layover would be short lived. Well, we were right about that. we landed, grabbed the nearest shuttle and raced for concourse 16C. As we heard voices yelling, "Final boarding call for flight 908 to Amsterdam"our group of 10 ran into the plane and walked farther and farther, as it was a huge plane. After and 8 hour flight of sleep, movies, games like let's shake the seat of the person in front of us, music and comedians, we landed in Amsterdam and smoothly made it through customs. Right after the baggage claim, we were able to meet up with Ana's brother and sister-in-law, Ken's nephew, Drew Nusbaum, and Michiel with his son Noah. Then we headed to the Anne Frank House. This was an amazing experience to see the bookcase that opens up to the secret door, the attic that was her home for 23 months. The story has just been a story untill you see her house and live where she lived. The reason her father wanted to publish her diary so much was not just because she wished it, but because he wanted the World to see the injustices and prejudice. He wanted to help open the eyes and hearts so hands would open to drop weapons and fences and walls would come down. Anne Frank and the millions of others murdered will have died in vain if we do not listen. After the museum we grabbed some lunch and then headed to Zaanse Schans. It wass cold, windy weather, but i still enjoyed taking pictures and sampling different kinds of cheese. Soon we were off again to meet up with our host families back at the Church.

Tuesday May 11