Day 9

Wow – a totally complete night’s sleep! Whoopee! Almost 10 hours. I walked to the church for the first time, which felt really good. Felt like I was really in Antalya. Even found a “Lira Store”, which is equivalent to our “Dollar Store.” We helped with a children’s program outreach this morning, a kind of VBS without any Christian content (it’s against the law to witness to children) and it went well. I spent the afternoon preparing our Parenting Class that we will teach on Thursday. A real challenge to pick and choose from a six-week course and condense into 3 hours, which will include translation. Suzy and I will teach it together.

We had an awesome home visit tonight at the family that Katie is staying at. They were wonderful hosts with a powerful testimony. The couple has four children – three beautiful daughters and a handsome son. When I told the father he had 3 beautiful daughters, he replied (in Turkish) that he had 4...and pointed to Katie. I told him, “Yes, you do.” He asked if I would give a blessing and we joined hands together and I prayed for the family and for their witness in Antalya.

We came back a bit early because we’re off to Colossae, Laodocia and Ephesus tomorrow and the next day. I will not have internet access tomorrow night, so there will be no entry tomorrow.

Just a short one tonight...

Charlie

The family that we visited tonight. So much fun.