These are some of the windows that have been closed on Achterburgwal, the main drag of Amsterdam's Red Light District. It's hard to tell from this photo, but the windows now display independent designer's fashions. It's so strange to walk down that street and see all of these stark white windows interspersed among the red-hued ones. I'm so blessed to be working here while all of these changes are happening!
Tomorrow, the windows in what we call the Africa section (where the African and Spanish-speaking women are) will close. The owner sold them to the government, and tomorrow is their official closing. The sad thing is that the girls who come regularly to our Monday night Bible study are from those windows, so they are not sure how they will be affected by the changes. As a friend of mine so aptly put it, "What happens to a working girl when she can no longer work?" Hopfully, this will be the beginning of changes for the better in their lives, not for desparate measures! 
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