The Power of Prayer...

For those of you who don't know there has been a lot of persecution on the Turkish church. A few months ago a few Turkish believers were arrested because of proclaiming truth, although their charges said differently in order to give the impression of religious freedom. These men are still going through trials to determine their punishment. Yesterday, I had the privilege to hear one of these men, Hakan, speak. After hearing his testimony and the different things going on with the trails, he shared a story about prayer that he heard just recently when sharing about the trails to a church in London. Now I want to share it with you...

There was a woman from this church in London that was driving to different villages in Africa sharing truth. As usual she was driving alone to her next destination when she was stoped by four men. These four men had the intent to harm her, but just before they attacked her they were frightened and ran away. The woman was confused herself. She had no idea what had made them run in such a way. When she finally got to the next village she saw the four men who almost attacked her. Still confused at what had happen, she approached the men and asked them. They said to her that they were not going to attack her when she had thirty men around her. I'm sure they were surprised she even asked. She then became very confused and assured them that she was alone. All four men insisted that all four of them saw the thirty men and they were not crazy. When she contacted her church to tell them the story, they told her that a group of thirty men have been praying for her.

When I heard this story I got chills all over my body. I hope that it encourages you as much as it encourages me. I hope that you continue to pray for the Turkish believers, that they will continue to have strength during this time of persecution. Your prayers do matter!

Blessing...

I've been here for almost three weeks and I am just now beginning to feel like I have a purpose here. Don't get me wrong, I've been having a blast, but it has also been a struggle as far as what exactly I will be doing here. But, like I said, there is a blessing, it's Ally! She's been great this whole time. She knew how frustrated I was and talked to a few people and made it possible for me to be her specific intern so that I don't have to deal with anyone else. So now I have a specific job...yay! Right now we are getting ready for a group coming from my university, CBU, and I'm am very excited about that. Without Ally I might have gone crazy this summers. She has truly been a blessing!



This is a picture of Ally and I on a boat in the Black Sea. Just another perk of being in Turkey!

Ultimate Frisbee

Saturday we had an all day Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. There were about 50 to 60 people there and we literally played all day. And I'm not just talking about a couple of throw around games...there were six teams of seven to nine people, each team playing five one hour games, and these games are serious. These people have strategies and game plans for offense and deffense. I met so many cool people from all over the world, I even had a German guy on my team. I got worked, but I've never had so much fun playing frisbee!

This is a picture of my Ultimate Team!

STOMP...

I got to go to Stomp! Bet you didn't think that cool stuff like this could come to Turkey. It was amazing!