Walkin' On The Edge

Good Afternoon.  For those who haven't checked yet, we are 8 hours ahead of our Illinois friends.  So it's just before midnight here, but you're just getting off of work on the same day.  You can always leave comments here on the blog.  We will get them quickly thanks to a solid free data connection on one of our phones!

This morning we got to sleep in.  Breakfast at 8am.  Wooo!  If you're late, you sit at the end of the table.  Leaders are no exception.

The rest of the morning was spent preparing for some activities and the arrival of several families later in the evening.  Plenty of goofing off as well.  Before you knew it, lunch time came around again.  It feels like all we do is eat so far.

The afternoon was spent in downtown Kusadasi (KOOSH-A-da-sih).  We explored for fun and to seek out interesting facts and sights for the kids to seek out as we take them on an adventure race later in the week.

The most memorable part of the excursion must be the fortress island for which the town was named.  Kusadasi means "Bird Island".  The ruins were easy to explore without realizing what you were and were not allowed to do, like walking along the cliff edges.

Next was shopping at the local bazaar.

We finally got to spend some significant team time talking about the trip and sharing what we have learned as we studied up on the missionary biographies we had read.  Late in the evening, a large group of tired families finally arrived which allowed us to meet and great several kids at a slow pace.

Again, I apologize for not being able to upload all of our pictures at once.  It's late again.  Tomorrow is more planning, exploring and meeting the rest of our conference families in the afternoon!