{Turkish} Delight yourself in the ways of the Lord...: Boocoos of Pictures

Here's a glimpse of some places and things we've seen in Turkey!

This is right down the street from our house. It's just this one street that has umbrellas for a ceiling...

This is a beach we visited a couple of weeks ago. Funny story, it was actually our first time to take the bus on our own. We knew to take the bus all the way to the end of its route and we just assumed we'd see the beach when we got off the bus...

But this is what we saw when we got off instead...we basically picked a road and walked down it and hoped that the beach was at the end. We passed a government security place that had barbed wire fences and signs with men holding guns...but after we passed that we found the beach! So yay!

This is another place we go to swim that's just a short walk away. There's a beautiful walk down to the water where you have to jump off rocks (there's no beach) into the water.

Speaking of the sea, we went to an incredibly interesting lecture by Linford Stutzman. He and his wife decided to sail the same route as Paul did in Acts and spent over a year sailing together. He's written two books since then and he came to speak about his book Sailing Acts. He pointed out Paul either lived in a port city or on a boat for 2/3 of his life. His observation was that people who lived in port cities and traveled were the things in the picture above: mobile, inclusive, and adaptable. It was really interesting to read Paul's letters with the mindset of how his travels would influence his views of the church. (Specifically, Paul's focus on meeting people where they are..)

Exploring in Kaleici

Hadrian's Gate

This is our intern group: Paige, Hannah, Casey, (our worker's daughter), Brianna, and Brittany

This is a statue of Attaturk's (the founder of the Turkish Republic) hand in the park near our house

This is a cafe we hang out in a lot with the youth group.

This restaurant was really cool, partly because it's called Is Kender (my sister's name), and because they come and pore hot, frothy butter all over your dish before you eat it. So much butter....so much goodness...