I´m Back from Turkey, Falcon, and Caracas!! (FINALLY) ;)

WELL, IT´S BEEN A LONG PAST THREE WEEKS OF TRAVEL. :) After being in VZ only 2 1/2 wks. I was already off to Turkey for a Missions Conference and touring the 7 churches of Revelation for the next 2 wks. Then once I arrived back in VZ left the very next day to the state of Falcon for 3 days and then to the capital city, Caracas. Now I am finally "home!" Well, as close to home as I can be- my "home" in VZ. I will be here until Thursday (Nov. 8th) and then onto Merida to participate in language lessons for Spanish.

I have to say Turkey was such an awesome, great experience! Who would´ve thought I would be flying off to another country so quickly! :) haha... I enojoyed every bit of it, (except me having bad sinuses the WHOLE time). We stayed in a very nice hotel in Kusadasi, (right next to Ephesus). We learned a lot about the Turkish culture and the majority of their religion. Met lots of Latinos from all over South America and the Caribbean (the conference was for latino ministers/missionaries). It was so neat to walk the same places biblical people like Paul, Timothy, etc... walked. Stand in the same ampatheaters they stood in to preach. My two favorite places were Ephesus and Pergamum. They had the most ruins and you could almost feel like you were back in the day when they were. We learned a lot about these 7 locations around Turkey, and what it was like back then and how it is now. In a spiritual sense, not much has changed...They are still the same old, backslidden, God rejecting places. We were taught how the Nike sport symbol came about from an acient godess with the same name. And sooo much more. I have WAY TOO MANY pics. to upload on this blog, only a few sneak peaks. We experienced nice sunny days, to chilly ones, and a heavy down pour of rain!! What a day that was, getting all soaked. ;) We rode on a bus, that drove onto a boat to cross the Bosphorus canal-way. Got slapped in the face by the Hotel manager in Instanbul, who also tried to make me and my friend both his wife (oh not to mention he was probably older then my own grandpa AND married with lots of kids and grand kids)...Many, many experiences I know I will never forget. Well- I would like to forget that last one I mentioned! :) ha...

**To say say thank you in Turksish is pronounced like= tea sugar and a dream (real quickly). That´s your lesson for the day...try it! (And don´t forget to have fun while attempting).

BLESSINGS TO YOU ALL!

(I WILL POST PICS. SOON I DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GO THROUGH THEM YET AND CHOOSE WHAT I WANT TO POST...BUT I WANTED AT LEAST GIVE AN UPDATE OF MYSELF.)