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The day started off with an exalting devotional from Deacon on 1 Peter 5:1-9. At the thirteenth temple we have the perfect view of Acropolis (City atop the hill) where we were on yesterday adventures. We saw the dormitories where travelers slept, and explored the different ruins of Pergamum. Our class learned about the healing powers that water provided for everyone. The travelers would go to the temple of Asclepius and seek to be healed

Günaydin! It is truly mind blowing that today already marks our 6th full day of being in Türkiye!  Before we began our tour today my sweet friend Selah shared a morning devo! She went through Pslams 39:5-6 and reminded us how important each moment has the potential to be. To evaluate if each breath taken is for personal gain or used as an opportunity to further God’s kingdom and glorify Him. It was a great

Hello friends and family! I have been given the privilege to update you today! Our main site of the day was Aphrodisias! We went into the checkpoint and one of my Joshua brothers named Wyatt gave a devotional on James and perseverance. I met a stray cat here that we named tater-tot, and we learned about the old photographer Ara Guler! He took cool pictures and tried to publish them, but the editors declined due

As I watched the world fade away beneath me as I drifted through the air in a basket barely higher then my waste, the ancient ruins of Hierapolis far beneath me, and the snow white calcified travertine terraces spread out over the hillside like a cream white virus, infecting the rich green with its fingers of paper white stone, the only thought to cross my minds was “how did I get here.” This has been

April 24th, 2026Today is now the 4th day of our turkey trip! We left a week from today and it really is flying by. Today we got to go to antioch of Pisidia (Pisidian antioch), which is where Paul shared the gospel for the very first time. We walked around what used to be the town of Pisidian Antioch and explored the ruins of the temple and the synagogue where the gospel was shared. We

Wow. Today was only our second full day of our class trip to Turkey and I am already so blown away by what we have been learning.  We started our day by eating breakfast at our hotel in Antalya. Then we headed over to Perga at 8:00am to explore ruins of the city. Some of the ruins were Helanistic and the rest of the ruins were Roman built. Our first stop was a huge arena