Trip Blog Posts

Day 09 - Istanbul

posted on Wednesday November 06 2024 at 9:00 pm UTC

Now that we were done seeing all of the awesome ancient sites, we took a bus to the airport in Izmir and flew to Istanbul to wind down the trip with visits to three sites: Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Hagia Sophia, and the Grand Bazaar.    Our guide Gokhan walked us through some of...

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Day 08 - Priene, Didyma, Miletus

posted on Tuesday November 05 2024 at 3:00 pm UTC

    A week ago, today seemed so far away. But here we are on our last day visiting the last three sites of Asia Minor. We could not have asked for a better guide, driver, weather, and teachings.   We started the day by driving south from Ephesus to the town of Priene. Priene...

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Day 07 - Ephesus, Ephesus Museum

posted on Tuesday November 05 2024 at 1:00 am UTC

As one might expect, after days wandering through archaeological ruins, many things begin to look alike. Rocks on top of rocks, olive trees, fig trees, hummus, chicken and rice.   Statues, headless statues, busts, pillars, cats and more cats. It seems like there are cats & dogs everywhere...

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Day 06 - Pergamum

posted on Sunday November 03 2024 at 8:00 pm UTC

  Sarah Anne did her normal exceptional job of leading us in an inspirational morning devotion. After that we boarded the bus and headed over to the ancient city of Pergamum.  The letter written to the church of Pergamum can be found in Revelation 2:12-17.   Pergamum was known...

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Day 05 - West Central Turkey: Sardis, Thyatira

posted on Saturday November 02 2024 at 4:00 pm UTC

  Today’s theme was about compromise. We started in the town of Sardis walking through the beautiful olive groves and then through the vineyards. Olives and grapes were essential in everyday life.   Imagine when Jesus was walking through the vineyards and olive groves of Israel…...

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Day 04 - West Central Turkey: Aphrodisias, Philadelphia

posted on Friday November 01 2024 at 6:00 pm UTC

  In keeping with our previous days, we started out with an inspirational time of devotion led by Sarah Anne. Our first stop of the day was to visit a place named after the goddess Aphrodite.   Aphrodisias was the favorite city of Caesar Augustus. It was said that Aphrodite saved...

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Day 03 - West Central Turkey: Hierapolis, Colossae, Laodicea

posted on Thursday October 31 2024 at 7:00 pm UTC

Our day started well before dawn as we headed over to a big open area where a dozen or more hot air balloons were being inflated. A surprise to most of the group, we lifted off and flew over one of the sites that we were going to visit later in the day. It was a beautiful way to start the day and...

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Day 02 - Central Turkey: Pisidian Antioch

posted on Wednesday October 30 2024 at 8:00 pm UTC

  It was a crisp and cool morning in Isparta with temperatures in the upper 30's as we gathered for some warm coffee and conversation over breakfast. Sarah Anne Nemmers led us in devotions and after saying the Lord's prayer together, we hopped on the bus and headed toward one of the largest...

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Day 01 - Southern Coast: Antalya Harbor, Antalya Museum, Perga

posted on Tuesday October 29 2024 at 4:00 pm UTC

  Greetings everyone! This morning, we received the welcomed wakeup call at 6:15 AM courtesy of the Ramada Plaza staff in Antalya Turkey.      Before breakfast, a few of us went down to an underground tunnel beneath the hotel which takes you out to a beautiful view...

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Day 00 - ARRIVAL IN TURKEY

posted on Monday October 28 2024 at 6:00 pm UTC

Well the team arrived safely at Istanbul Turkey. It was actually a wonderful flight. Randy received many congratulations and pats on the back for enduring a screaming child kicking the back of his seat over and over again for the 10+ hours.  Grateful for everybody’s prayers and thoughts...

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Preparing for Turkey

posted on Thursday June 27 2024 at 1:21 am UTC

Our trip will be here before you know it! Once we're on the ground we'll post periodic updates and photos. Check back often or get update notifications using the subscribe options on this page. We'll be sharing our travel experiences online with you, our friends and family, to not only bring you along...

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