Turkish Delight

Merhaba (Hello in Turkish)

Week one flew by here in Turkey. God is just amazing! It feels so great to be back in the nations! I am so honored to be here. I am so glad to be able to pour out what the Father has been pouring in. It is always a step of faith believing that it is all in there. Everything that he wants me to give away is already inside of me(and you :)). This is my first trip where the main assignment is to just worship vertically with the Father and agree with what he is already doing here in this nation. We have had the honor to be apart of 100 hours of prayer and worship for this nation. Our team did two 2-3 hour sets of worship and prayer and it was such an honor to pour our hearts out and do what we love doing in order to see God pour out a fresh outpouring here. There are people here from all over the world coming together with one thirst for this nation. God has really given me more boldness with singing out the song in me. I am so stirred up to play and sing more back home in the prayer house and see what God is going to do through that!

This place is so beautiful! We were able to get our first swim in the beautifully warm Mediterranean yesterday. Over 70% of the Bible was either written to or from this nation and today we were able to see the old city and the port where the Apostle Paul came in and out of. I have been so blessed by the people here and their genuine hearts of service. We have had feasts with the neighbors in the village we are staying at as well as some great prayer times with the team we are here serving.

As my eyes are being opened to the culture, this Islamic religion, and the amazing hearts of the Turks, I am seeing how much the Father loves his Turkish Bride. I will continue to contend for breakthrough and believe that there is so much taking place in the spirit. Please pray for the Turkish Bride that this is the beginning of a cultural and nationwide breakthrough as Papa's love becomes more and more real to his kids here. 

I have had such delicious food. Lots of cucumbers,fresh bread, green peppers, tomatoes, parsley, egg plant, delicious chicken. Also incredibly huge and fresh pomegranates falling off the trees right out the window! We have had freshly squeezed pomegranate juice as well as a liquid yogurt that they drink called "ayran". A lot of yogurt, turkish delight ( I didn't think i would like it but it is really good!) fresh bread, olives, and other fresh fruits ad vegetables. I could get used to all of this real quick :)

We also went on a hike to an ancient city just behind their house where there are buildings still standing from 1500 years ago from the Greeks. There were even some old Roman pillars that were at least 2000 years old still standing too. We found a couple old churches with mosaic still noticeable on the ground. It was such an incredible honor to worship on those grounds to the God that is still there and still so good! 

Wow, what a treat it is to be here. I am just blown away. We will be having some more time with the team tonight to pray over them and bless them as much as we can. Welp, I will post some more (with some pictures) as I get home and process some more. Thank you to all who are praying for me and the team. So excited to be here!