This and the following posts share some of the adventures and knowledge we gained as a family during a recent visit to Turkey.
On Sunday, December 21, we attended church at the branch in Izmir. There were about 20 people present - less than 10 members. It was an interesting experience to address people who have no Christian tradition on the Sunday before Christmas. It helped remind us of the true focus of the season. It was also ironic to attend church in a city where a branch existed nearly two millenia ago. Anciently, Izmir was known as Smyrna. There is ample evidence that Paul and John taught and served there. John's Revelation was addressed to the seven churches in Asia and included Smyrna (Revelation 1:11).
Our walk to church took us through the park
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ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing. We can hardly believe that this is your first blog experience: you all sound like pros in travel reporting. Clarissa - you are the best. We've learned more from you than from a weekly post by CNN and Kyrgyzstan combined. Good luck in future blogging. And happy New Year!
Greetings from the state of "10,000 lakes".
I notice the date palms in the background, having learned to distinguish between the regular palm and the one that bears fruit in our recent trip to Yuma. Thanks for sharing in visual and text format your many adventures.
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