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Posted in Historical Adventures and tagged with travel, Turkey on October 22, 2009Thanks for your questions about my trip to Turkey! You never know how well something was explained until you allow others to ask questions.
Emma: “I want to know if you’re going by yourself? and if you have a planned agenda of things to do, places to go, etc.”
No, I’m not going alone. There’s 9 people on my team: 4 men, 5 women. We do have a planned agenda, but I only know part of it. From Sunday-Tuesday, we will be giving a retreat for the workers there, and when we leave on Tuesday we’ll be going to Ephesus.
Veronica: “What do you want prayer on while you are away?”
Good question! I’ll be scheduling posts each day I’m gone with specific prayer requests for each day (hopefully Saturday I’ll get more info so I’ll know how to give more detailed prayer requests later in the week). General prayer requests would be that we would have the strength, perseverance, and flexibility for the tasks placed before us and that our eyes would open to opportunities to love others.
Ari: “Do you know Farsi?”
Actually, Turks speak Turkish (which I didn’t know until I was planning on going the first time). From the total 7 weeks I’ve spent on the ground in Turkey, I’ve learned about 100 words, mostly food items. That’s what happens when you eat out a lot…you learn quickly what things on the menu are! At this very moment, I only remember a couple of words, but what little I know seems to come back to me when I see it/hear it. Turkish language is one of the more difficult languages for English-speakers to learn (not as difficult as Arabic or Chinese, though), but fortunately they use Latin-based alphabet (like ours) and it’s completely phonetic. Basically, I can READ Turkish, but I haven’t a clue what it means most of the time.
Jen: “Do you have room in your bag for a stow away? I’m sure I could fit…”
I can’t imagine how uncomfortable/cold it would be to be under the plan, but I’m fine with it if you are!
Feel free to ask more questions if they come to mind. I’ll be leaving 2 weeks from tomorrow!
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October 22nd, 2009 at 8:01 am
For previous day…grey hair is also inherited…think about that. My mother was 40 the year I was born…I only remember white hair. I have left my be…figured that was the way GOD made me, would leave as is.
TRIP
Thank you, I’ll stay home and pray.
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:24 am
I love that you know mostly food names, that’s probably what I would pick up first too!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Ah. I have so many kids from so many different nationalities that are learning so many different languages that I’m having a hard time keeping track. I know I have one girl from Turkey so she speak Turkish… I wonder where I got farsi from. Hmmm. Thanks for clearing it up!