Lake Church and Ladies Night

first day

Travel and First Day

We traveled from Huntsville to Chicago and had a 7 hour layover.  We went though everything to get to the International Terminal. Rhonda had Gold status on Turkish Air so we all got to go into their waiting lounge for the 5 hrs.  We ate soup and salad and munchies for the entire time. 

We boarded our flight and flew for 11 hours to get to Istanbul.  That was a packed long flight.  There were lot of kids on that flight.  It was very hot on that plane.  Swelling was minimal compared to normal.  We arrived in Istanbul and had to go purchase Visa's and go through customs.  That took a while.  We kept going from one line to the next. 

We flew into Adona, Turkey a few hours later but our bags did not.  We all got into Mike's van and went to our hotel. We checked in and all went to Dana's room to chat before going to sleep.  While in her room we asked the night manager to hook us all up to the Internet.  He was so kind and so polite to us.

I woke up early and went to breakfast.  There was a spread of cheese and fruit and yogurt and scrambled eggs.  My kind of meal.  After breakfast we all met in Dana's room again and talked about our day.  We met Caroline and Autumn.  They are our guides for the week.

We dropped stuff off at the fellowship hall and went to lunch down the street.  It was a small hole in the wall place with home cooking.  We has soup and salad.  After lunch we all went to the fellowship hall where we learned to make baruk from Yelda.  That was fun to watch and fun to do as well. 

We had a small devotional and then sang songs.  We all made journals and signed each others.  It was dark when we finished so we went back to the hotel.  Autumn had to go home for a while and then she brought back denur for dinner.  Denur is a Turkish burrito made from either chicken or lamb.  It was yummy.

 

Bags Are Packed

I am so excited about the trip I am taking to Central Asia in the morning.  I am traveling with 5 other women, Suzanne, Winora, Cindy, Rhonda and Dana.

We will leave on Nov. 8 and arrive on Nov. 9 at 8:30 p.m.  Nov. 10 in the morning we have orientation and in the afternoon we will be hosting the ladies of the local church for fellowship.

 Nov. 11    In the morning we will attend the local church and fellowship with local believers.  The afternoon we will tour the city.

 Nov. 12    We are taking a day trip to a nearby village.  We will focus on prayer walking & connecting with village women.   

Nov. 13    In the morning we will be prayer walking and in the afternoon we will volunteering at a local deaf school - playing games and doing crafts with the kids.

Nov. 14   Spending the day at Incirlik with friends of Rhonda's.

Nov. 15   The morning is flexible and afternoon is girls night out with 2 workers.

Nov. 16-19   We will be flying to Istanbul for 3 days of sightseeing.  Flying back to the to the US on Monday the 19th


I can't wait to see what is in store for us.  The photos of the local people have been amazing to see.  I look forward to making a few breath taking photos of my own.  Stay tuned for more!