I am not sure how many of you knew him, but Tony Snow, who was the President's secretary of press,but he died two weeks ago.. any ways, He was mentioned in one of the devotionals i get in my email inbox, about how he wrote this great article after finding out he had colon cancer last year. it was really good and here is an excerpt that really hit home to me...
"His gift was to remind everyone around him that even though God doesn't promise us tomorrow, he does promise us eternity—filled with life and love we cannot comprehend—and that one can in the throes of sickness point the rest of us toward timeless truths that will help us weather future storms.
Through such trials, God bids us to choose: Do we believe, or do we not? Will we be bold enough to love, daring enough to serve, humble enough to submit, and strong enough to acknowledge
our limitations? Can we surrender our concern in things that don't matter so that we might devote our remaining days to things that do?"
the answers to those questions, for me change every day. but i am working on consistency. but it takes a life time .
in other news. amsterdam was beautiful. really it was gorgeous. i loved it there.
here are a few pictures of it.
there were more bikes than cars. seriously. it was nuts. they had parking garages just for bikes, sometimes i think i will get run over by one. they are furious. haha
here is the museum of bags and purses. i thought my mom might like this. we didnt go in, but laughed. really? only in amsterdam.
house boats everywhere.. 
oh yeah? vodka museum? hahaha
more river side fun. we had a perfect day.
i thought this sign was funny. dutch is a funny language as well. i kept forgetting i dont speak any dutch. haha
this is what i want for my birthday. hahah... how awesome is it?
we also went to the hardrockcafe and i SLAMMED on a huge basic wonderful cheeseburger. yum.
thats all. this week i have a few visitors from my friends in Luneburg and i acctually only have 14 days left of work. weird.
probably in my next post i will talk about things i am sad to leave here but things i am looking forward to when i return. whoop! ciao
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Tony Snow kind of got a bad rep when he worked for the Bush Administration, and perhaps with good reason, but I met him when I worked on the show. Sometime in March or April, I think. He was a really nice guy. I was sitting on the floor of the conference room, building a desk for one of the producers, and I looked up to see Mr. Snow watching us. He seemed amused.
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