The Hellands in Holland

(Femke brought cake and coffee to ladies working in the Red Light District  to celebrate her birthday).                           Exciting things are happening with the people that we serve in Amsterdam's Red Light district!              One lady is starting her own business in housekeeping.  I (Femke) am helping her with book keeping and marketing. We found a job in a hotel for another woman. It is exciting getting to help women find new work. We are also helping set up a course where women can learn to sew clothes.               Two mornings a week, I work in the office helping them as a social worker. On afternoons and evenings Matt and I visit them where they work and three times a week small groups gets together to eat, worship and study the Bible.              We are so excited about this holistic approach to serving these women: we are seeing their practical, emotional and spiritual needs met.              The testimonies are exciting: people that walk in

The Helland's In Holland FOR OVER TWELVE YEARS OUR BASE HAS BEEN AMSTERDAM.  IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE HAVE TEAMED UP WITH BRIGHT FAME, A MINISTRY IN AMSTERDAM’S RED LIGHT DISTRICT WHICH HELPS WOMEN GET OUT OF PROSTITUTION. FROM OUT OF THIS WORK WE ARE SEEING A NEW CHURCH COMMUNITY - IGLESIA VIDA NUEVA. OUR DREAM IS TO SEE NEW DISCIPLES MADE AND CHURCHES PLANTED IN AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND, EUROPE, AND BEYOND. THIS IS AN UPDATE OF WHAT WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING LATELY.   Ministry in Amsterdam's Red Light District (Standing at night in the center of the Red Light District)  For nearly two years, we have been weekly visiting and serving individuals who work in Amsterdam's Red Light District. For many, we have truly become their pastors. Often our Tuesday and Friday night Bible studies are overflowing with people coming to eat and share God's word and prayer. Nearly every week we see people get physically healed and touched by God's love and power. W