Once a year all the Eastern Europe Area CES couples join together for a training. This year we were privileged to go to Turkey. I never realized before the significance of the country of Turkey. It was well traveled by the ancient Apostles and many converted Saints lived in that country in the early days of the church after our Savior had died. We had wonderful instruction from great men who lead the Seminary and Institute Program here in the Eastern Europe Area. They are all natives from Russia and Ukraine. They are great leaders, men of great testimony, and great faith. This year we had President and Sister Lawrence, the Europe East Area President (right here on the front row, 5 and 6 from the left) with us. Each night they gave a wonderful spiritual and edifying fireside.
One afternoon of our training conference we took a field trip to Ephesus and walked through the restored and uncovered ruins of ancient Ephesus. The top picture: we are standing in front of the ancient Library and the bottom picture: we are sitting in the Colosseum, the very Colosseum where the Apostle Paul spoke to the Ephesians. It was a most wonderful experience and one of the most awesome places I have ever seen.
Being together with all these great senior couples is also an edifying and uplifting experience. There were 18 couples. Together we had 107 children and 318 grandchildren. One couple even had 57 great grandchildren. The ages ranged from 51 to the late 70's. Wonderful people and a wonderful experience.
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