Catching Up

  The Hagia Sophia.  It is far larger inside than I had expected.  If you look closely you can see the Arabic grafitti over the Christian icons--the mark of its transformation from a church to a mosque.

Ephesus

Poppies in Ephesus

I'm standing in the location of the Council of Ephesus that took place in AD 451.  After learning about this council so much over the last few years, this was a privilege.

I'm standing between Caesar Augustus and his wife.  The next picture is of John, me, and Nick in Greece.  We are the history majors on the trip.

The Chora Museum in Turkey.

All of us girls waiting to meet the representative of the Eastern Orthodox Patriarch in Istanbul.

It's blurry but the icon on the left is of Gregory of Nazianzus.  His bones are in the box behind him.  He is one of my favorite theologians so it was also an exciting moment for me

Philippi

The monastery we visited in Greece.  It was one of seven monasteries established precariously on top of small cliff islands.

With Caroline on Mars Hill in Athens.  The Parthenon is behind us.

With Maris in front of the Parthenon.

Some of our guys at the Acropolis in Athens.

 We had a forty years celebration of Wheaton in the Holy Lands.  We went to a lovely hotel in Athens and met the alumni cruise for dinner.  Shelby and I bought our dresses in Greece before the dinner.  We also decided to get a picture of all the girls with striped dresses.  It was so much fun to see students with their parents and to interact with adults again.  We are leaving tomorrow for Rome.  Only five days left...