Storms!

Early Tuesday morning I was awoken by a huge storm that roared through here!  Big bolts of lightning and pounding thunder that shook the windows!  I didn't sleep after that even with ear plugs and an eye mask.  My room has windows on two sides and a full balcony so I got the brunt of the wind.

However today Wednesday morning, this is the view I woke up to:

And this is a picture I took last week. It was a beautiful morning as I walked to work and saw this tour boat sailing by flying the Turkish flag in the back:

And here the turqoise waters of the Mediterranean, this is the view I see coming and going to work and I never get tired of it!

I wrote in my last post that I thought things had improved between Belgin and me, but I was wrong.  Yesterday was particularly challenging, she does hurtful and disrespectful little things to me which show me how much she resents my presence.  There are some here who really want to see changes in the food and maybe they will prevail or maybe they won't.  Only time will tell and that time is now less than 5 weeks away for me.

We have a 3 day men's conference beginning tomorrow so we will be very busy.  Afterwards I am leaving on a much needed break from Belgin and the work at the cafe.  I'm taking a 4 day biblical tour of southwest Turkey which will include Laodicea and Ephesus.  Look for pictures and stories when I get back.  Thank you all for your prayers.