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To the Ends of the Earth: A Biblical Study Trip to Turkey
October 7-18, 2024
Led by Brent Kladder, Wally Harrison
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Trip Blog Posts
Day 08 - Cruise on the Aegean, Ephesus
posted on Thursday October 17 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
Today began with a brilliant boat ride on the Aegean Sea. Wow, what a gift. Then we set sail, pun intended, to one of the largest cities in the ancient world, and arguably the most influential city outside of Jerusalem... EPHESUS! Here we learned about the rather massive story of the patron goddess,...
Day 07 - Pergamum, Weaving Center
posted on Wednesday October 16 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
Today we started our day getting to once again admire the beauty of God’s creation while riding a gondola to the upper acropolis of Pergamum. Before starting our walk through the city we took a short detour to open our day with John’s letter to Smyrna in the book of Revelation. John encourages...
Day 06 - Sardis, Pergamum
posted on Tuesday October 15 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
We began our day with a devotional by Molly, who compared our lives to ancient tels. We all have layers of history in our lives that at times need to be examined. We concluded by saying the Schema (Dt 6:4-5), both in Hebrew and in English. We first stopped outside the city of Sardis, hiking...
Day 05 - Aphrodisias, Philadelphia
posted on Monday October 14 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
We started our day today with a bus ride to Aphrodisias. This place was right up my alley - home to a marble art school! I'm an artist, and learning this was a place where this town was the marble capital of the world and an art school went on for years, I was pretty intrigued. Aphrodisias was a...
Day 04 - Hierapolis, Colossae, Laodicea
posted on Sunday October 13 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
Today’s journey got off to an incredible start as many of us were able to witness an amazing sunrise from the air over the Lycus River Valley in a hot air balloon where we were able to see two of the cities we would be in later that day. There are times where the beauty of God’s creation...
Day 03 - Antalya, Antalya Museum, Perga
posted on Saturday October 12 2024 at 12:00 am UTC
We started the trip with a lesson Paul knew well — how difficult travel can be! The graciousness and patience of this group cannot be understated. Our original flight was canceled, and after much waiting with no answers (in a hotel for two nights it turned o ut!), we finally left Chicago and made...
Preparing for Turkey
posted on Friday June 07 2024 at 1:22 pm UTC
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