by m_kilby18 | Nov 30, 2015 | Global, Mission, Travels
Update: Jan 21 Messiah Lutheran will be giving all un-designated offerings during the Messiah’s 2016 Mid-week Lenten Services to the fund the construction of a kitchen for the Benito Montoya School (described in this post) as part of the “Feed the...
by Jack Mast | Nov 15, 2015 | CASA Ramps, Local, Outreach
The Messiah Wheelchair Ramp Construction Team was once again called into action on Saturday, November 14th to construct a ramp for a gentleman in Huntsville. The existing ramp that he had was not safe and with his ongoing health challenges, his family was unable to...
by Bonnie Jane Peterson | Nov 15, 2015 | Travels
Our last day before returning to Istanbul was a lot of driving and two interesting stops: Pergamon and Troy. The Acropolis is usually associated with Athens, Greece, but Pergamon also has a’high city’ where the ruling class lived on a...
by Bonnie Jane Peterson | Nov 12, 2015 | Travels
Ephesus is amazing! Everyone I have talked to who has been here told me that. Visiting Ephesus today was even better than I anticipated. Imagine a theater seating 23,000 which still requires no amplification to hear someone speaking on stage when you...
by Bonnie Jane Peterson | Nov 12, 2015 | Travels
Today we saw natural beauty and visited Biblical sites. The travertine terraces at Hierapolis are a natural wonder that has attracted people for millennia seeking healing and relaxation in its warm geothermal waters. Both those terraces and the Greco-Roman...
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