It’s going very well…

Thank you for praying! It has been an extremely informative trip. Internet is slow, so here are some quick bullets…

Jon and I missed our connection from Heathrow to Istanbul. Which meant we were going to miss our connection to Antalya as well. We decided to cancel Liz’s flight to Antalya [we were meeting in IST] and have her wait for us there. She didn’t find out until she landed… It all worked out fine. But lots of frantic texting in the interim…
Friday, we had a GREAT day in Antalya– 4 two hour conversations with various workers and pastors. We learned so much about what God is doing and we got some great ideas about how American teams can be used.
On Saturday, we drove from Antalya to Izmir. We were very proud of ourselves– getting across the county all by our selves. [it’s the little things…] Along the way we saw 4 of the 7 cities in Revelation. Fun to relive our fall sermon series.

Sunday we got to worship with a wonderful congregation in Izmir. Jon, Liz, and I got to pray for some folks and we received prayer.
Today, we have spent the whole day with a couple who has been here for over 40 years. Fantastic conversations about prophecy and what God is doing. It has felt like a 5 hour seminar on the modern history of the Turkish church. LOVED it. Many more ideas of how a team might be used in this city.
Tonight we are headed to a church plant about an hour south of here.
Tomorrow I will talk a bit about Restoration’s small group strategy with their pastor of small groups. Good cross-pollination.

My battery is about to die. Thank you for praying for us. We are praying several times a day for you. God is good and very much at work.

-David