Our Day at Miletus

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Well I must hurry because of the set up here! There is wireless in one part of the hbotel but plug-ins in the other so you can't have both at the same time! We went to Miletus today which is where Paul farewelled the leaders of the church at Ephesus. At the site we had prayer and songs. God was powerful. It's not a popular tourist site for whatever reason and so we were looking out at where the ancient harbor would have been. Technically it's a temple for the Greek god of the sea but we had church! Everyone sort of spontaneous shared thoughts or songs as the Spirit moved. For a long time afterward we all remained in reverential silence. It was holy ground. Our guide was quite moved and really wanted to know what we were all about. He kept saying that he had never seen Christians worship in a manner so similar to the Moslem fashion. That was truly the highlight of the day.

After the holy silence
We continued to the theater where there is actually a Greek phrase carved into some seats reserving it for Jews and God-fearers. Then we all went for ice cream. We have become quite the connoseurs of Turkish ice cream bars!

Other highlights
I listened to part of Verdi's Otello on an ipod and it was phenomenal. I also was overcome by driving and listening to the prelude to St. Matthew's Passion where the chorus keeps repeating "Where is He?" as the soloist continues with "Behold the Lamb of God!" I just kept thinking how this country is crying out "Where is He?" and we must be there to say "Behold the Lamb of God!" I've come to the conclusion that music is amazingly powerful. All of this musical discussion lead us to attempt to create the Historical Paul Operetta on the bus. It was great fun. We had a requiem for Paul's dead wife, farewell from Ephesians, and a Antioch confrontation. We were just working out the act with Philemon when we arrived at ourt gorgeous hotel on the Aegean! God really outdid Himself when He poured out the Aegean by the way!

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